OPERA
Supported by the Antenna Group. In collaboration with the Athens Concert Hall
& the Thessaloniki Concert Hall
A production of the Antenna Group
The gripping story of Pharaoh Akhnaten—known as Amenophis IV in Greek—the religious reformer who introduced the monotheistic worship of Aten, a solar deity, incurring the wrath of the High Priests of Amun at Thebes that led to his fall and succession by his son Tutankhamun, who restored polytheism.
The last opera of the Portrait Trilogy by Philip Glass, the great American minimalist. Having tackled science (Einstein) and politics (Gandhi), he turned to religious themes with Akhnaten. A new production of the Metropolitan Opera of New York, with rising American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges making her Met debut in the role of Queen Nefertiti.
Music & Libretto: Philip Glass
Production: Phelim McDermott
Set & Projection Designer: Tom Pye
Costume Designer: Kevin Pollard
Lighting Designer: Bruno Poet
Choreographer: Sean Gandini
Queen Tye: Dísella Lárusdóttir
Nefertiti : J’Nai Bridges
Akhnaten: Anthony Roth Costanzo
High Priest of Amon: Aaron Blake
Horemhab: Will Liverman
Aye: Richard Bernstein
Amenhotep III:Zachary James
Conductor Karen Kamensek
Pre-recorded broadcast from the Metropolitan Opera, New York
With Greek subtitles