The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
The Metropolitan Opera: Akhnaten
Watch the metropolitan opera: akhnaten Soap2Day. Philip Glass’ opera “Akhnaten”, premiered in Stuttgart in 1984, forms the third part of the portrait opera trilogy about personalities who have influenced the course of human history. The conclusion of the trilogy deals with the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten, who attempted to establish a kind of monotheistic cult around the god Aton during his reign in the 14th century BC, but failed due to the resistance of the priesthood. The production presented here was undoubtedly one of the very great successes of the 2019/20 season at New York’s Metropolitan Opera, due not only to the outstanding cast of singers (led by countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo) but also to Phelim McDermott’s imaginative staging, which captivates with sometimes breathtaking imagery.
- Genre: Music, History
- Country: United States
- Director: Phelim McDermott
- Cast: Anthony Roth Costanzo, J’Nai Bridges, Dísella Lárusdóttir, Zachary James, Richard Berstein, Will Liverman, Aaron Blake, Lindsay Ohse, Karen Chia-ling Ho, Chrystal E. Williams, Annie Rosen, Olivia Vote, Suzanne Hendrix, Christian J. Conner, Joyce DiDonato, Karen Kamensek, MET Orchestra,
