156K views · 3.9K reactions | One of the biggest hits of the 2019–20...

2.6K views · 307 reactions | Opening night tonight at English National Opera. Philip Glass Akhnaten, "the juggling Opera" for an almost sold our run of 9 shows. We rejoice like iguanas in the morning sun. | Gandini Juggling | Facebook

Philip Glass’s meditative masterpiece Akhnaten—a hit when it had its Met premiere in 2019—returns to our stage tonight, May 19, in a powerful production by Phelim McDermott. Karen Kamensek retakes the podium to conduct a spellbinding cast that features countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb, seen here in an excerpt of Akhnaten and Neferiti’s Act II love duet. On stage through June 10: bit.ly/3LWLp3Z Videography by Neville Braithwaite / Met Opera | The Metropolitan Oper

14K views · 1K reactions | Philip Glass’s Akhnaten returns to the Met stage this week in Phelim McDermott’s Grammy Award–winning production. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo leads a standout cast that also includes soprano Dísella Lárusdóttir, mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb, and bass-baritone Zachary James, conducted by Karen Kamensek. On stage May 19–June 10: bit.ly/3LWLp3Z | The Metropolitan Opera | Facebook

Starring as the ancient pharaoh determined to radically transform Egyptian society, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo headlined the Met’s production of Philip Glass's Akhnaten during the 2019–20 season, a performance which just won the 2022 #GrammyAward for Best Opera Recording! Experience the breathtaking staging when it returns this spring, with Costanzo reprising his celebrated turn in the title role, joined again by Karen Kamensek on the podium, as well as the incomparable MET Orchestra Mus