The Metropolitan Opera presents the company premiere of Philip Glass's modern masterpiece Akhnaten on November 8, 2019, with performances continuing through December 7. Akhnaten explores the life of ...

J’Nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, and Dísella Lárusdóttir as the Egyptian royal family in Akhnaten. Karen Almond / Met Opera The melancholy opera Akhnaten, with its oracular texts and elegantly ...

It has taken 35 years for Philip Glass's AKHNATEN to get to the Met, since its premiere at the Staatsoper in Stuttgart in 1984. If you're an acolyte of Glass, Phelim McDermott's production, designed ...

He has written around 30, depending how you count. Listen to some highlights. By Seth Colter Walls Philip Glass began his operatic career in the 1970s and ’80s with a trilogy focused on great ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Through eight performances from Nov. 8 to Dec. 7, the Metropolitan Opera ...

The upcoming weekly lineup in the Metropolitan Opera's Nightly Met Streams series includes filmed presentations of two Philip Glass operas, neither of which are usually cataloged in the New York City ...

Experience composer Philip Glass’ visionary masterpiece portraying the impact of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhnaten as he rises to the throne. Stars Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title role. Karen Kamensek ...

In early November, when The Metropolitan Opera staged a revival of composer Philip Glass' opera "Akhnaten," New York Times critic Anthony Tommasini explained the show's appear this way: "(T)he ...

Akhnaten is opera as therapy, as cocoon, as mindfulness exercise, clean as Marie Kondo’s living room and every bit as consoling. When you reduce your musical possessions to the barest minimum (hell, ...

Ten years ago, Costanzo had surgery that threatened to destroy his singing voice. Now the countertenor is starring as a gender-fluid Egyptian... After Nearly Losing His Voice To Cancer, Anthony Roth ...