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Akhnaten
Theater 1
Saturday, Nov 23, 2019 12:55 PM
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Admission Regular - $18.00
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Phelim McDermott, whose productions include the hugely successful Satyagraha by Philip Glass, returns to the Met with a new staging of Glass's Akhnaten, conducted by Karen Kamensek in her Met debut. Anthony Roth Castanzo sings the title role of the Egyption Pharaoh who attempted to inspire his people to adopt a new religion, abandoning the worship of the old gods for that of a single deity. In her Met debut J'Nai Bridges sings the role of Nafertiti, Akhanaten's bride, and Disella Larusdottir is Queen Tye, the pharaoh's mother. One of the staging's distinctive visual features is provided by the Ghandini Akhnaten was originally created by the LA Opera, Improbable, and English National Opera, where it premiered, winning the 2017 Award for Best New Opera Production.
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