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Opera Diary: “Akhnaten” Revival at The Met

May 24, 2022 By Guy St. Clair

Although we had Akhnaten at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in November, 2019, I didn’t get to share my thoughts about it when it came to us then. So here is some of what Guy has been thinking about Akhnaten, which opened last Thursday and runs through Friday, June 10 (the final performance of Akhnaten for this season and …

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Filed Under: History, Music, Personal History Tagged With: Akhnaten (opera), Costanzo (Anthony Roth), Gandini Juggling, Glass (Philip), James (Zachary), Jugglers (in opera), Kamensek (Karen), Lárusdóttir (Disella), McDermott (Phelim)

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