Setlist
Performance Dates: 4th - 18th March 2016
Broadcast date: 26 March 2016
Philip Glass: Akhnaten
01. Announcer & interviews [9:02]
02. Act I introduction [4:52]
Act I: Year 1 of Akhnaten’s reign. Thebes
03. Prelude: Refrain, Verses 1 - 3 [12:33]
04. Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III [8:20]
05. Scene 2: Coronation of Akhnaten [19:02]
06. Scene 3: The Window of Appearances [9:34]
07. Announcer & interviews [6:12]
08. Act II introduction [6:21]
Act II: Years 5 to 15. Thebes and Akhetaten
09. Scene 1: The Temple [12:44]
10. Scene 2: Akhnaten and Nefertiti [10:51]
11. Scene 3: The City. Dance [9:27]
12. Scene 4: Hymn [16:23]
13. Announcer [0:51]
14. Act III introduction [8:20]
Act III: Year 17 and the present. Akhetaten
15. Scene 1: The Family [10:59]
16. Scene 2: Attack and Fall [7:48]
17. Scene 3: The Ruins [6:30]
18. Epilogue [15:07]
19. Announcer [3:58]
Akhnaten ..... Anthony Roth Costanzo (counter-tenor)
Nefertiti ..... Emma Carrington (mezzo-soprano)
Queen Tye ..... Rebecca Bottone (soprano)
Horemhab ..... James Cleverton (baritone)
Aye ..... Clive Bayley (bass)
High Priest of Amon ..... Colin Judson (tenor)
Scribe ..... Zachary James (narrator)
Bekhetaten ..... Clare Eggington (soprano)
Meretaten ..... Alexa Mason (soprano)
Maketaten ..... Rosie Lomas (soprano)
Ankhesenpaaten ..... Anna Huntley (mezzo-soprano)
Neferneferuaten ..... Katie Bray (mezzo-soprano)
Sotopenre ..... Victoria Gray (mezzo-soprano)
The Chorus of English National Opera
The Orchestra of English National Opera
Karen Kamensek (conductor)
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