opera notebook

some operas I have seen on video

Philip Glass, Akhnaten (1984)
libretto by the composer
with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel,
Richard Riddell, and Jerome Robbins
Metropolitan Opera, New York, 2019

Ancient Egyptians had to keep a lot of balls in the air — Ancient Egyptians had to keep
a lot of balls in the air

Conductor: Karen Kamensek
Director: Phelim McDermott
Set Designer: Tom Pye

Akhnaten: Anthony Roth Costanzo
Nefertiti: J'Nai Bridges
Queen Tye: Dísella Lárusdóttir