{"id":4870,"date":"2019-01-12T10:01:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-12T10:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.larkreviews.co.uk\/?p=4870"},"modified":"2019-01-12T10:01:43","modified_gmt":"2019-01-12T10:01:43","slug":"eno-akhnaten-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/?p=4870","title":{"rendered":"ENO: Akhnaten"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Akhnaten<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Philip Glass<\/p>\n

Philip Glass, in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, Richard Riddell\u00a0and Jerome Robbins<\/p>\n

Conductor, Karen Kamensek<\/p>\n

Director, Phelim McDermott<\/p>\n

Phelim McDermott\u2019s Olivier Award-winning production of\u00a0Akhnaten<\/em>\u00a0returns to ENO<\/strong><\/p>\n

Opens Monday 11 February at 7.30pm (7 performances)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Following its sell-out run in 2016, Phelim McDermott\u2019s sensational production of\u00a0Akhnaten<\/em>\u00a0returns to the London Coliseum for its first revival in February 2019. Winning the 2017 Olivier Award for Best New Opera Production and hailed as \u2018unforgettable magnificence\u2019 (The Independent<\/em>), the visual spectacle provided by Improbable Theatre Company and Gandini Juggling Company will accompany the mesmeric music of Philip Glass once more. The same creative team returns with many of the original cast reprising their roles in one of opera\u2019s most arresting achievements of recent years.<\/p>\n

The story of the revolution of the first monotheist pharaoh of Ancient Egypt,\u00a0Akhnaten<\/em>\u00a0uses texts drawn from\u00a0drawn from ancient hymns, prayers, letters and inscriptions sung in their original Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian. It forms the last of Philip Glass\u2019s trilogy of \u2018portrait\u2019 operas in which he explores the lives of great historical figures in the fields of science (Einstein), politics (Gandhi) and religion (Akhnaten).<\/p>\n

Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, the man who \u2018exists to transform opera\u2019 (The New York Times<\/em>), once again takes on the title role of the doomed pharaoh. Hailed as \u2018extraordinary\u2019 both for his singing and acting (WhatsOnStage<\/em>) in the original London run, Costanzo also performed the role in Los Angeles in the production\u2019s LA Opera run later in 2016.<\/p>\n

Glass, a composer with whom ENO has enjoyed a special relationship since it presented the UK premieres of both this opera and\u00a0The Perfect American<\/em>, is a great favourite of ENO audiences.\u00a0Satyagraha,<\/em>\u00a0from the same director and creative team, was revived to rave reviews in February 2018, also conducted by Karen Kamensek.<\/p>\n

ENO Harewood Artist Katie Stevenson takes the role of Akhnaten\u2019s wife Nefertiti. She made her debut at ENO in 2017 as a Shadow Marnie in\u00a0Marnie<\/em>, with this production marking her first lead role with the company. Akhnaten\u2019s mother Queen Tye is sung by Rebecca Bottone, who reprises her 2016 role for which there was \u2018no praise too high\u2019 (The Independent<\/em>).<\/p>\n

Baritone James Cleverton returns to the role of Horemhab. He first performed with ENO in 2009 singing the role of Oppenheimer in Penny Woolcock\u2019s production of John Adams\u2019s\u00a0Doctor Atomic<\/em>, and will return later in 2019 to sing The Photographer in the world premiere of Iain Bell\u2019s\u00a0Jack the Ripper: The Women of Whitechapel.<\/em><\/p>\n

Bass-baritone Keel Watson takes the role of Aye, advisor to the Pharaoh, and Colin Judson reprises his role as the High Priest of Amon. They were last seen at the Coliseum singing Bartolo and Basilio respectively in Fiona Shaw\u2019s\u00a0The Marriage of Figaro<\/em>\u00a0in 2018 (\u2018magisterial\u2019 –\u00a0Bachtrack<\/em>). Zachary James reprises his role as the Scribe.<\/p>\n

The six Daughters of Akhnaten are sung by Charlotte Shaw, Hazel McBain, Rosie Lomas, Elizabeth Lynch, Martha Jones and Angharad Lyddon.<\/p>\n

Karen Kamensek returns to conduct in her third Coliseum appearance following a \u2018transcendent\u2019 (The Stage<\/em>)\u00a0Satyagraha<\/em>\u00a0in 2018 and the original 2016 run ofAkhnaten<\/em>. An expert in the work of Philip Glass, she premiered his work\u00a0Orph\u00e9e\u00a0<\/em>with the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra in New York. She has also conducted the world premiere of Glass\u2019s\u00a0Les Enfants Terribles\u00a0<\/em>at the Spoleto Festival in the USA.<\/p>\n

Director Phelim McDermott\u2019s work with ENO includes\u00a0Satyagraha, The Perfect American, Aida\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Cos\u00ec fan tutte.<\/em>\u00a0He has won various awards, including an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment, TMA Awards for Best Touring Production and Best Director and a Critics Circle Best Designer Award. He is the founder-director of Improbable.<\/p>\n

Joining the singers onstage are the Gandini Juggling Company, led by world renowned juggler Sean Gandini, who created so memorable an impression in the 2016 run. The creative team from Improbable is completed by Set Designer Tom Pye, Costume Designer Kevin Pollard and Lighting Designer Bruno Poet, who have worked with McDermott on ENO shows including\u00a0Satyagraha, Aida\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Cos\u00ec fan tutte<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Akhnaten\u00a0<\/em>opens Monday 11 February at 7.30pm for 7 performances:\u00a0<\/em>11, 15, 21, 23, 28 February and 7 March at 7.30pm and 2 March at 6.30pm<\/p>\n

500 tickets for \u00a320 or less are available for each performance. Tickets start from \u00a312*.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Akhnaten Philip Glass Philip Glass, in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, Richard Riddell\u00a0and Jerome Robbins Conductor, Karen Kamensek Director, Phelim McDermott Phelim McDermott\u2019s Olivier Award-winning production of\u00a0Akhnaten\u00a0returns to ENO Opens Monday 11 February at 7.30pm (7 performances) Following its … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4870"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4873,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4870\/revisions\/4873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.larkreviews.wickedlemon.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}