‘ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA’ IN MORE FORMAL, MORE MODERN ATTIRE
Composer John Adams has made a welcome attempt to bring under control the unwieldy “Antony and Cleopatra” story out of Shakespeare. Evolving from there, past composer Samuel Barber’s grand 1966 Met failure, to Adams’ world premiere, it has been boiled down from some 40 scenes and two dozen solo voices (ouch!) to this sleek, late-model version in three hours, two acts debuting Sept. 10 to mark the 100th year of the San Francisco Opera. If you were waiting for gooey…