Organization

Conductor

Karen Kamensek

Stage director

Phelim McDermott

Set designer

Tom Pye

Costume designer

Kevin Pollard

Lighting designer

Bruno Poet

Choreographer

Sean Gandini

Singer

Countertenor

Anthony Roth Costanzo

Akhnaten

Contralto

Chrystal E Williams

Neferttiti

Baritone

Benson Wilson

Horemhab

Bass

Keel Watson

Tenor

Paul Curievici

High Priest Amon

Spoken

Zachary James

Scribe

Soprano

Haegee Lee

Queen Tye

Ella Taylor

3. Daughter

Mezzo-soprano

Felicity Buckland

4. Daughter

Isabelle Peters

2. Daughter

Ellie Neate

1. Daughter

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Jolyon Loy

Lauren Young

6. Daughter

Amy Holyland

5. Daughter

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Akhnaten Glass

Philip Glass's Akhnaten | 11 March – 5 April 2023 | London Coliseum |Find out more: www.eno.org/akhnatenPhelim McDermott’s Olivier Award-winning production o...

Akhnaten | 11 Feb – 7 March 2019 | London Coliseum |


Phelim McDermott‘s Olivier Award-winning production of Philip Glass‘s Akhnaten returns to ENO for its first revival, following its sell-out run in 2016.

Akhnaten is a mesmerising work whose text draws on ancient hymns, prayers and inscriptions sung in their original Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian. The opera’s unique mood will transport you to the ancient world through music that combines Glass’s characteristic minimalist voice with stylised movement and choreographed juggling to visualise the rhythms of his score.

Philip Glass specialist Karen Kamensek conducts Akhnaten following last season’s Satyagraha revival. Anthony Roth Costanzo returns to ENO in the title role, as do Rebecca Bottone, singing Queen Tye, James Cleverton, Colin Judson and Zachary James. New to the production is Harewood Artist Katie Stevenson as Nefertiti and the bass-baritone Keel Watson as Aye.

See Akhnaten at the London Coliseum from 11 Feb – 7 March 2019

Phelim McDermott’s Olivier Award-winning production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten returns to the ENO, following sell-out runs at the London Coliseum and the Met Opera.

Akhnaten is a mesmerising work whose text draws on ancient hymns, prayers and inscriptions sung in their original Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian. The opera’s unique mood transports audiences to this ancient world through music (conducted by the returning Karen Kamensek) that combines Glass’s characteristic minimalist voice with stylised movement and choreographed juggling to visualise the rhythms of his score.

A mesmerising spectacle, Akhnaten tells the story of one of the world’s most influential figures – the Pharaoh Akhnaten, the first Pharaoh to switch from worshipping a pantheon of gods to just one: the Sun.

Award-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo returns to the title role, alongside Chrystal E. Williams as Nefertiti, Haegee Lee as Queen Tye, Keel Watson returning to the role of Aye and Zachary James returning to the role of Scribe.

The true sun god returns to the London Coliseum – book your opera tickets now for Philip Glass’s Akhnaten.

English

Akhnaten by Glass, From (2023/2023), Directed by Phelim McDermott,, Conductor Karen Kamensek, London Coliseum, London, United Kingdom

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