Although when it first appeared, Akhnaten (1983) was less celebrated than Philip Glass' other two biographical operas, Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha (about Mahatma Gandhi), it has aged very well. This 2019 Metropolitan Opera production (a restaging of a version at the English National Opera) was the opera's eighth, and another, in Nice, France, has followed since this one was mounted. A recording exists, with Glass champion Dennis Russell Davies conducting, but this one likewise merits strong consideration. The opera ...
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Although when it first appeared, Akhnaten (1983) was less celebrated than Philip Glass' other two biographical operas, Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha (about Mahatma Gandhi), it has aged very well. This 2019 Metropolitan Opera production (a restaging of a version at the English National Opera) was the opera's eighth, and another, in Nice, France, has followed since this one was mounted. A recording exists, with Glass champion Dennis Russell Davies conducting, but this one likewise merits strong consideration. The opera's durability is easy to understand, for it is more like a pageant than other Glass operas, simply tracing the reign of the Pharoah Akhnaten (reigned ca. 1351-1334 B.C.E.). This is an audio recording, but one can almost feel the sumptuousness and the kinetic qualities of the Met production: the joy experienced by the set designers, costumers, and stage director Phelim McDermott as they offered jugglers, magnificent bejeweled costumes, and striking tableaux that will already be...
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