Name: Akhnaten
Start: 2022-05-19T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2022-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Metropolitan Opera House

Organization

Sänger

Tenor

Aaron Blake

Hoher Priester des Amun

Bass

Richard Bernstein

Ajeh

Bariton

Will Liverman

Haremhab

Sopran

Dísella Lárusdóttir

Königin Teje

Rihab Chaieb

Nefertiti

Countertenor

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Akhnaten

Choreographie

Sean Gandini

Videogestaltung

Tom Pye

Lichtgestaltung

Bruno Poet

Kostümbild

Kevin Pollard

Bühnenbild

Regie

Phelim McDermott

Dirigat

Karen Kamensek

Sprechrolle

Zachary James

Amenhotep

Lindsay Ohse

Beketaten

Katrina Thurman

Meretaten

Chrystal E Williams

Maketaten

Mezzosopran

Annie Rosen

Ankhesenpaten

Olivia Vote

Neferneferuaten

Suzanne Hendrix

Sotopenre

Chordirektion

Donald Palumbo

English National Opera

The Metropolitan Opera

Others

Metropolitan Opera Choir

Orchestra

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Akhnaten -  (Echnaton)

New York City

Vereinigte Staaten

Metropolitan Opera House

Akhnaten Glass

Public

Echnaton

Englisch

Spanisch

Deutsch

Genehmigt

Final bows at The Metropolitan Opera's Akhnaten

Meretaten in Akhnaten

Audio and video recordings of the Met’s breathtaking 2019 production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten—starring countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title...

Philip Glass’s Akhnaten

Learn more about Akhnaten, Philip Glass's acclaimed opera based on the young pharaoh who transformed ancient Egypt, with the Met's In Focus podcast, hosted by Met radio commentator William Berger.

In Focus: Glass's Akhnaten

Philip Glass’s mesmerizing modern masterpiece—a smash-hit in its 2019 company-premiere run—returns in Phelim McDermott’s unforgettable production, which brings ancient Egypt to vivid life with striking stage tableaux and a troupe of jugglers. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo reprises his celebrated turn as the revolutionary pharaoh Akhnaten, with mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb as his wife and queen, Nefertiti. Once again at the helm is conductor Karen Kamensek, a noted master of Glass’s music.Akhnaten is one of Philip Glass’s three large-scale operas based on a “big idea,” in this case monotheism, following Einstein on the Beach, which dealt with new notions of time and space, and Satyagraha, which explored the spiritual and political revelation of non-violence. Satyagraha and Akhnaten, especially, deal largely with the unseen forces affecting the inner (psychological), interpersonal (political), and universal (mystical) aspects of existence, subjects that are uniquely portrayed by the composer’s entrancing musical lines.Akhnaten is one of Philip Glass’s three large-scale operas based on a “big idea,” in this case monotheism, following Einstein on the Beach, which dealt with new notions of time and space, and Satyagraha, which explored the spiritual and political revelation of non-violence. Satyagraha and Akhnaten, especially, deal largely with the unseen forces affecting the inner (psychological), interpersonal (political), and universal (mystical) aspects of existence, subjects that are uniquely portrayed by the composer’s entrancing musical lines.The score of this opera is lyrical, elegiac, and, while clearly a product of its famous composer (whose intricate, repetitive sonic textures unfold differently than most other classical music), is among the most easily appreciated of his creation. The vocal lines also tend toward the melodic, even if they are original and remarkable. The enigmatic title role is sung by a countertenor, and the chorus also has an important role throughout, appearing as priests in the beginning, people of Egypt throughout, and the spirits of the departed at the end.

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