Organization

Singer

Soprano

Dísella Lárusdóttir

Queen Tye

Contralto

J'Nai Bridges

Neferttiti

Countertenor

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Akhnaten

Tenor

Aaron Blake

High Priest Amon

Baritone

Will Liverman

Horemhab

Bass

Richard Bernstein

Spoken

Zachary James

Amenophis

Lindsay Ohse

1. Daughter

Karen Chia-Ling Ho

2. Daughter

Chrystal E Williams

3. Daughter

Mezzo-soprano

Annie Rosen

4. Daughter

Olivia Vote

Suzanne Hendrix

6. Daughter

Conductor

Karen Kamensek

Stage director

Phelim McDermott

Set designer

Tom Pye

Costume designer

Kevin Pollard

Lighting designer

Bruno Poet

Choreographer

Sean Gandini

The Metropolitan Opera

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Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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United States

Metropolitan Opera House

One of the biggest hits of the 2019–20 season, Philip Glass's Akhnaten is the third installment in the composer's Portrait Trilogy focused on revolutionary figures from world history. Starring as the ancient Egyptian pharaoh who attempted to radically alter his society, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines this performance from the Live in HD series. In her Met-debut season, Karen Kamensek conducts the hypnotic score, leading a cast that also features soprano Dísella Lárusdóttir as Queen Tye, mezzo-soprano J'Nai Bridges as Nefertiti, and bass Zachary James as Amenhotep I. Phelim McDermott's endlessly inventive production fills the Met stage with breathtaking visuals, including virtuosic pattern-juggling routines by Gandini Juggling.

Akhnaten Glass

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Akhnaten: Hymn to the Sun

Celebrate Independence Day with a dazzling display of vocal and visual fireworks. The hit 2019 production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten—directed by Phelim McDermott, in collaboration with Improbable—streams free as tonight’s Nightly Met Opera Stream. The full performance, featuring countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title role and J'Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano as Nefertiti, is available tonight, July 4, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, July 5, at 6:30PM ET.
Access the stream on metopera.org and on all Met Opera on Demand apps. Enhance your viewing experience with curated supplementary content—including Playbills, articles, podcasts, and more—at metopera.org/AmericanComposers.

Tonight’s Nightly Met Opera Stream: Philip Glass’s Akhnaten

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