Performance

Venue	London Coliseum
Town	West End
County	Greater London
From	4th March 2016
To	18th March 2016
When	Mar 4, 8, 10, 15, 17, 18 at 19:30. Mar 12 at 18:30
London Coliseum (V376)
Current/Future Listings
Listings Archive

Production Changes

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Date of change: 24 Sep 15 - T1590532922
Date of change: 23 Apr 15 - T1590532922

Akhnaten

Work:: Akhnaten (S1552538813)

The opera explores the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh, and forms the last of Philip Glass's trilogy of 'portrait' operas in which he looks at figures from the fields of science (Einstein), politics (Gandhi) and religion (Akhnaten). This hypnotically mesmerising work uses texts drawn from ancient hymns, prayers, letters and inscriptions sung in their original Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian.

Music

Philip Glass

Production:: (T1590532922)

Sung in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian with no surtitles. New production supported by a syndicate of individual donors. This extraordinary work has not been seen in London for 30 years.

Company	English National Opera
Company	Improbable
Conductor	Karen Kamensek
Director	Phelim McDermott
Design	Tom Pye
Performer	Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten)
Performer	Rebecca Bottone (Queen Tye)
Performer	James Cleverton (Horemhab)
Performer	Colin Judson (High Priest of Amon)

Listing:: L1394647340

Production details

Sung in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian with no surtitles. New production supported by a syndicate of individual donors. This extraordinary work has not been seen in London for 30 years.

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