Haas and Rafael GomezĪdditional funding from The H.M. Coe Weir Endowment Fund and the Wyncote Foundation, as recommended by Frederick R. This production was originally created by English National Opera and LA Opera Please be aware that this production contains some full-frontal nudity, which may not be suitable for young audiences. Karen Kamensek conducts in her Met debut. Akhnaten is an opera in three acts based on the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), written by the American. To match the opera’s hypnotic, ritualistic music, McDermott has created an arresting vision that includes a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers. Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is the title pharaoh, the revolutionary ruler who transformed ancient Egypt, with the striking mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges in her Met debut as his wife, Nefertiti. Director Phelim McDermott tackles another one of Philip Glass’s masterpieces, following the now-legendary Met staging of Satyagraha.

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