Akhnaten Tickets
Phelim McDermott's Olivier Award-winning production of Glass's Akhnaten returns to the ENOMay not be suitable for young audiences.
Performance dates
11 March – 5 April2023
Run time: 2 hours 55 minutes
Includes interval
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Phelim McDermott’s Olivier Award-winning production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten returns to the ENO, following sell-out runs at the London Coliseum.
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 Glass’s music (conducted by the returning Karen Kamensek) that combines his 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.
Content
Please be aware that this production contains some adult content which may not be suitable for young audiences.Special notes
Sung in Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian with no surtitles.
Recent Reviews
Great play and amazing costumes/
This work by Philip Glass is absolute masterpiece. Singers were great, as well as the conductor and the orchestra. I liked very much direction and staging. An unforgettable evening.
Impressive!
Outstanding music singing production
Simply mindblowing
A great production - visually stunning and wonderful music and singing!
The opera was great but the view was not. The reservation site said there was a clear view but didnt say a clear view of what exactly. Admittedly, these were cheap seats for this venue but I think it would be much more accurate to describe the view as limited. We could see half of the stage at best and virtually nothing of action higher up in the stage. Still glad we went though.
Superb, fantastic, uplifting, brilliant ++++ Seen this and the previous 1986 production 2x each Hoping for more!!!!
A mesmerising production, held me fascinated throughout, probably not a traditional opera lovers cup of tea?
Spoilt by far too much juggling. These became tedious in Act 11 and a bit ridiculous by Act 111. It detracted from the main protagonists and I felt that I'd missed important gestures and nuisances, by watching out for those bloody balls. The music, singing and costumes were superb!
It is great performance, excellent, marvellous
Superb production complementing the music. A spectacle with significance. Although it was 3 hours long, it was enthralling throughout (tho’ wise to have each act shorter than the last). The singing was excellent but the narrator slightly disappointing. Some of the visuals will persist in my mind for ever. Altogether a memorable evening.
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