#akhnaten — Public Fediverse posts

Amazing concert today of Akhnaten by Philip Glass here in Amsterdam. If you ever get the chance to go to Akhnaten, especially with countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, don’t miss it!
https://anthonyrothcostanzo.com/

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Philip Glass – Funeral of Amenhotep III

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rLrYRzNMnI&list=PLgZD-wYM2ETQtXCBMtFMGM32DY22jLohM&index=3

#akhnaten #funeralOfAmenhotepIii #musik #oper #philipGlass

Philip Glass – Prelude Refrain, Verse 1, Verse 2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji6LTT6tLpQ&list=PLgZD-wYM2ETQtXCBMtFMGM32DY22jLohM

#akhnaten #minimalMusic #oper #philipGlass #prelude

If you can catch the recording of The Met's Akhnaten opera, do.

Especially if feeling like going to church/temple. Or if you want to appreciate the stunning visual of Akhenaten, Nefertiti + his mother Tye in front of the sun, for one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PcgXev7VlU

It may all lead to teariness in any case. Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSn_UAquOfw

#Akhnaten #PhilipGlass #opera

I have The Window of Appearances from the opera #Akhnaten going through my head rn, and it’s very annoying because I forgot my headphones so I can’t listen to it until I get home.

Akhnaten is awesome, btw, and peak Philip Glass. It’s one of my favorite operas.

Well, Akhnaten is a fascinating and hypnotic theatrical experience that I'll be thinking about for a while to come. Anthony Roth Constanzo gives an extraordinary lead performance and the skills team from Improbable display some highly technical, even virtuosic, juggling prowess!

#Opera #LoveENO #Akhnaten #PhilipGlass #Theatre

Holy shit, that was amazing!

#Akhnaten #PhilipGlass #opera #AncientEgypt

This is the first time I've seen an ENO opera at the London Coliseum since I was at school (they used to put on regular, subsided opera trips).

I didn't even know Akhnaten when I booked my ticket but I've been listening to a recording of the work since then and I absolutely love it. So excited to be seeing a performance.

I loved Phelim McDermott's work on My Neighbour Totoro and can't wait to see what he and Improbable have done here.

#Opera #LoveENO #Theatre #London #Akhnaten

Popped into the Petrie Museum to get into the Ancient Egyptian mood, ready to see the ENO's Akhnaten tonight.

#Akhnaten #AncientEgypt #London

The #ENO’s #Akhnaten last night was great. Stunning #PhilipGlass score and I do love a good #CounterTenor. Staging and costumes up to the usual high standards. Very slow movements throughout evoked our culture’s view of Egypt as being all about unchanging ritual which in a way was the whole point. Akhnaten’s radical innovation FAILED with an instant return to the status quo ante. #opera

If you have any interest in contemporary music and staging, I urge you to see https://www.eno.org/whats-on/akhnaten/ which returns after the 2018 sell out. It’s breathtaking. It also shows what ENO can achieve, putting the current thread into sharp relief. #akhnaten #philipglass

The moment you realize that you have a legitimately good reason to assign some #PhilipGlass listening in a non-music class -- that is a good moment!

Using Glass's #Akhnaten opera in a #History of #WorldReligions
survey with hopes that it will encourage students to also think critically about stories/metanarratives of #Religion and our participation in its construction as students/scholars. We'll enjoy the main Hymn to the Sun aria but also use its presentation, along with the discussion of Akhnaten in the #AriaCode podcast and our course readings, to consider what story is being told about religion more generally -- and what other possibilities are perhaps obscured by those choices.

Trying to find ways to infuse a critical approach with some subtlety (i.e. no/few theoretical readings, minimal jargon).

The Aria Code podcast episode on the Akhnaten Hymn is one of my favorites of the series!

#Religiodons