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Jules Massenet's acclaimed Cléopâtre - an "opera in concert" - sets to music and lyrics events from the life of the famous titular European queen. This particular production was mounted in 2002 in the Great Thermae at Adrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, with music by The Youth Mediterranean Orchestra; it stars Montserrat Caballé as Cleopatre, Montserrat Marti as Octavie, Eneida Garcia as Charmion and Filippo Bettoschi as Marc Antony. Enrico Castiglione directs.