![]() ![]() Elsewhere Katie makes her company debut with Longborough Festival Opera in a new Ring Cycle under Anthony Negus, opening this summer as Flosshilde in Das Rheingold. She senses unrest beyond the city’s walls. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo previously sang the role of Akhnaten at English National Opera in London and LA Opera, and he now stars as the titular. ![]() Akhetaten The Family Akhnaten and Nefertiti dwell in an insular world of their own creation with their six daughters. His vision of a new religion and a new society is complete. You can hear Glass’ ‘Hymn to the Sun’ from Akhnaten on Anthony’s Grammy-nominated album ARC: Glass/Handel.Īs an ENO Harewood Artist Katie Stevenson made her mainstage debut last season in Nico Muhly’s Marnie, with upcoming performances as Third Lady in Simon McBurney’s celebrated production of The Magic Flute . A new production of Verdis 'Macbeth' starring Plácido Domingo and the company premiere of Philip Glass 'Akhnaten' will kick off the 2016-17 season at Los Angeles Opera, leaders are expected to. Akhnaten sings a private prayer to his god. Akhnaten, which LA Opera opens this Saturday November 5, 2016, in an exciting new production, is the third part of the so-called portrait trilogy of Glass’s operas, each of which tackles the subject of a historical individual whose ideas changed the world. Anthony recently debuted as Giulio Cesare for Houston Grand Opera, Nerone ( L’incoronazione di Poppea) for Cincinnati Opera, Boy/First Angel in George Benjamin’s Written on Skin and returns to Europe in the spring as Prince Go-Go in Ligeti’s Le grand macabre at the Elbphilharmonie, Hamburg under Alan Gilbert. Created in 1984, Akhnaten is the third of a trilogy of Glass’s operas inspired by important personalities or great moments in history the preceding works being Einstein on the Beach, written in 1976 and directed by Robert Wilson, and Satyagraha, a 1980 work which traces Mahatma Gandhi’s development of non-violent protests as a political tool. ![]() Conductor Karen Kamensek takes charge of the performances from 11 February – 7 March 2019.Īnthony Roth Costanzo’s debut in the production’s initial run in London was heralded as “touchingly vulnerable” by The Telegraph and earned him high acclaim in subsequent performances with LA Opera last season. Los Angeles Opera Tickets Metropolitan Opera Tickets Orpheus in the Underworld Tickets. Anthony Roth Costanzo returns to the title role of Philip Glass’ Akhnaten, alongside Katie Stevenson ’s Nefertiti at English National Opera opening 11 February.įollowing a sell-out run in 2016 , Phelim McDermott’s Olivier Award-winning production of Akhnaten returns to ENO this month. ![]()
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