Cheryl Studer sings Samuel Barber "The Monk and his Cat"

Live performance, 27 November 2003, Vlaamse Opera, Ghent, Belgium, Ivan Törzs (piano); song from the cycle 'Hermit Songs op 29'

Samuel Osborne Barber II was an American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century: music critic Donal Henahan stated that "Probably no other American composer has ever enjoyed such early, such persistent and such long-lasting acclaim."

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