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Lucinda Childs © Rita Antonionli
Giulio Magnanini © Courtoisie OPN
Orchestre philharmonique de Nice © Courtoisie OPN
Léo Warynski © Manuel Braun
Fabrice Di Falco © Bernard Martinez
Orchestre philharmonique de Nice © Courtoisie OPN
Philip Glass © Steve Pyke

Philip Glass / Akhnaten

Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice - Léo Warynski
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Concert Opera
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Grande salle Pierre Boulez - Philharmonie
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Duration: about 2h30 with 1 intermission

Program

Distribution

Livret de Philip Glass, Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel et Richard Riddell
Musique de Philip Glass
Intermission
Orchestre Philharmonique de Nice
Choeur de l'Opéra de Nice
Léo Warynski , conducting
Giulio Magnanini , choirmaster
Lucinda Childs , Le Scribe
Fabrice di Falco , Akhnaten
Julie Robard-Gendre , Néfertiti
Patrizia Ciofi , La Reine Tye
Frédéric Cornille , Horemhab
Frédéric Diquero , Le Grand Prête d'Amon
Vincent Le Texier , Aye
Mathilde Le Petit , Fille d'Akhnaten
Rachel Duckett , Fille d'Akhnaten
Mathilde Lemaire , Fille d'Akhnaten
Vassiliki Koltouki , Fille d'Akhnaten
Laeticia Goepfert , Fille d'Akhnaten
Aviva Manenti , Fille d'Akhnaten

The opera Akhnaten takes us back to the 18th Dynasty of Egypt, recounting the life of the pharaoh—defined by his radical attempt to impose the worship of Aton, the sun god.

Coproduction Opéra Nice Côte d'Azur, Philharmonie de Paris

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