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Apr 2, 2020 · By Katelin Levy Philip Glass is one of the most influential modern composers of the late 20th century. ... This first opera in the “Portrait Trilogy” was performed at the Avignon Festival in ...
March 24, 1984. ( 1984-03-24) Staatstheater Stuttgart. Akhnaten is an opera in three acts based on the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), [1] written by the American composer Philip Glass in 1983. The libretto is by Philip Glass in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, Richard Riddell, and ...
RoleVoice TypePremiere Cast, Stuttgart, 24 March 1984Eno, London, June 1985[2]Christopher RobsonNefertiti, Wife of AkhnatenQueen Tye, Mother of AkhnatenMaria Husmann/Melinda LiebermannHoremhab, General and future PharaohWolfgang Probst [de]/Tero Hannula [fi]Christopher Booth-Jones- March 24, 1984, Staatstheater Stuttgart
Akhnaten. One of the biggest hits of the 2019–20 season, Philip Glass's Akhnaten is the third installment in the composer's Portrait Trilogy focused on revolutionary figures from world history. Starring as the ancient Egyptian pharaoh who attempted to radically alter his society, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlines this performance ...
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May 7, 2021 · Philip Glass’s “Satyagraha,” a reflection on the rise of Gandhi, at the Metropolitan Opera in 2011. Sara Krulwich/The New York Times. By Seth Colter Walls. May 7, 2021. For decades, Philip ...
Nov 19, 2019 · Nov. 19, 2019. Philip Glass began his operatic career in the 1970s and ’80s with a trilogy focused on great visionaries of history: “Einstein on the Beach”; “Satyagraha,” a meditation on ...
Book by Philip Glass and Constance DeJong. The New York City Opera Orchestra and Chorus. Christopher Keene, Conductor. Produced by Kurt Munkacsi and Michael Riesman. Recorded at RCA Studio A, New York, 1984. (Sony Masterworks M3K 39672) AKHNATEN: Music by Philip Glass. Libretto by Philip Glass in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel ...
May 14, 1993 · 1993. 100′. Music by Philip Glass. Libretto (French) by the composer based on the film by Jean Cocteau. Based on Cocteau’s fascinating retelling of the Orpheus myth, Orphée, the first opera of Philip Glass’ Cocteau Trilogy, is an extended parable on the life of an artist, a poet harassed and misunderstood by peers.
