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Due to High Demand, LA Opera Adds Additional Performance of ‘Akhnaten’

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LA Opera has added an additional performance of Philip Glass’s “Akhnaten” to its 2025-26 season due to high ticket demand. The newly added performance takes place on Saturday, March 21, bringing the total performances in the run to seven. The opera opens on Feb. 28 and runs through March 22, 2026. Dalia Stasevska conducts Phelim McDermott’s production in her company {…}

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John Holiday Leads LA Opera’s ‘Akhnaten’

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LA Opera is set to perform Phelim McDermott’s production of Philip Glass’s “Akhnaten.” The production will be conducted by Dalia Stasevska and will star countertenor John Holiday in the title role. He will be joined by bass Zachary James as Amenhotep III, mezzo-soprano Sun-Ly Pierce as Nefertiti, and soprano So Young Park as Queen Tye. Also starring include tenor Yuntong {…}

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Komische Oper Berlin 2024-25 Review: Akhnaten

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(Credit: Monika Rittershaus) Barrie Kosky’s new production of Philip Glass’s 1983 opera “Akhnaten,” running through April 20 at the Komische Oper Berlin, represents a long-overdue homecoming. This is the city most intimately connected with “Akhnaten’s” historical legacy; the archaeological treasures of the enigmatic Pharoah’s destroyed city, Tel-El-Amarna, excavated by Ludwig Borchardt with funding from the philanthropist James Simon in 1912 {…}

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Metropolitan Opera 2021-22 Review: Akhnaten

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(Photo Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) Opera is a way in which we can creatively examine momentous historical shifts and rediscover the possibilities of radical change in an existentially emblematic and exuberant way, especially at the Met. However, what is it that makes this art form balanced enough not to tip over into becoming purposefully deceptive and overly politically {…}

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Anthony Roth Costanzo & Zachary James Lead ‘Akhnaten’ Revival

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(Credit: Ken Howard / Met Opera) The Metropolitan Opera is set to revive Philip Glass’s “Akhnaten.” The production will return for six performances from May 19 to June 10, 2022 after the production won a Grammy Award. When the production premiered in 2019 OperaWire said, “Anthony Roth Costanzo, Zachary James Lead The Best Met Production of the Year.” For the {…}

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‘Akhnaten’ Star Anthony Roth Costanzo Made Visiting Fellow at Oxford for Helping Boost Egyptology

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Photo: Matthew Placek “Akhnaten” star Anthony Roth Costanzo has caught the attention of Academia through his depiction of the opera’s titular Egyptian Pharoah. According to Bloomberg, Oxford University has made the singer a visiting fellow at its Centre for the Humanities. The fellowship will begin in November 2022. Bloomberg reported Richard Bruce Parkinson, an Oxford professor of Egyptology and former {…}

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Metropolitan Opera’s ‘Akhnaten’ To Be Broadcast on PBS This April

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In continuation of the 2019-20 Great Performances Series, PBS will present the Live in HD broadcast of “Akhnaten” from the Metropolitan Opera on Sunday, April 5, 2020 The broadcast will kick off at 12 p.m. EDT. The cast includes Anthony Roth Constanzo in the title role alongside J’Nai Bridges as Nefertiti, Dísell Lárusdóttir as Queen Tye, and Zachary James as {…}

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Met Opera Confirm ‘Akhnaten’ Return in 2021-22, Offers Free Tickets

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The Metropolitan Opera has confirmed that it will be reviving Philip Glass’ “Akhnaten” during the 2021-22 season. Moreover, the company is offering some lucky fans with an opportunity to get early tickets for the production. “The response to this fall’s new production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten was so overwhelming that we’ve decided to bring the opera back during the 2021–22 {…}

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Peter Gelb Confirms Met Opera Return of ‘Akhnaten’ in Coming Seasons

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The Metropolitan Opera will revive its hugely successful production of “Akhnaten” in two seasons, per The New York Times’ Zachary Woolfe. The announcement was made by General Manager Peter Gelb. This will continue a trend of reviving Glass operas at the Met within four years of its initial premiere. “The Voyage” had its world premiere in 1992 and was revived {…}