| English National Opera - Akhnaten Reviews | 26 April 2024 |
Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten)
Katie Stevenson (Nefertiti), Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten), Rebecca Bottone (Queen Tye)
Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten), Gandini Jugglers
Anthony Roth Costanzo (Akhnaten)
Zachary James (Narrator), Gandini Jugglers
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AkhnatenEnglish National OperaNo. of reviews: 12 | |
In terms of musical and singing performances it was right on the mark |
 14 Mar 19 / Opera Journal |
One of the best things ENO has done for ages |
| 20 Feb 19 / Express |
ENO’s Akhnaten a mesmerising revival of Philip Glass opera |
| 14 Feb 19 / Gay Times |
The casting of this production is superb |
| 14 Feb 19 / Opera Today |
Phelim McDermott’s production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten makes a welcome return to the Coliseum |
| 13 Feb 19 / Classical Source |
Philip Glass’s flight into Egypt is a slow, sensuous and glittering opera |
| 13 Feb 19 / Evening Standard |
Glass's pharaoh casts his spell once more |
| 13 Feb 19 / The Guardian |
Fabulously beautiful staging of a decidedly pretentious opera |
| 13 Feb 19 / Telegraph |
ENO’s triumphant Akhnaten revival shrouds audiences in minimalism and provides balm |
| 13 Feb 19 / Seen and Heard |
A visually extraordinary staging |
| 13 Feb 19 / The Stage |
Mesmerising Akhnaten returns to ENO |
| 13 Feb 19 / Bachtrack |
A meditation on the distant past |
| 13 Feb 19 / Mark Ronan's Theatre Reviews |
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Behold, the naked Pharaoh: singing Philip Glass's Akhnaten
You need more than a good voice to sing the countertenor role of the sun-worshipping Egyptian leader. But it’s changed Anthony Roth Costanzo's life
You need more than a good voice to sing the countertenor role of the sun-worshipping Egyptian leader. But it’s changed Anthony Roth Costanzo's life
Production details
Cast
Costanzo, Stevenson, Bottone, Cleverton, Judson, Watson, James
(c) Kamensek (d) McDermott
Performance dates
11, 15, 21, 23, 28 February, 2, 7 March 2019
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