![]() ![]() For more information, visit or contact the Santa Monica Public Library at (310) 458-8600. The event is presented by The Living Room. 31, 2017) approaching, there’s more major Glass coming down the freeway: Ever-fearless Long Beach Opera will present the U.S. Het is een opera in drie bedrijven met heel veel symfonische muziek, korte en lange repetitieve fragmenten op strijkers en koper, indrukwekkende koorpassages, verrassende tempowisselingen en vooral bloedmooie melodielijnen. Space is limited and on a first-arrival basis. 27, and with the composer’s 80th birthday (Jan. Akhnaten van de Amerikaanse componist Philip Glass is misschien wel zijn meest prestigieuze werk. ![]() AKHNATEN LA OPERA REVIEW FREEThe library program is free and all ages are welcome. “Akhnaten's" musical style is more varied and accessible than its predecessor's, giving the opera a more traditional "romantic" quality. “'Akhnaten' is not as adventurous as the first work in Glass' trilogy, "Einstein on the Beach," which drew widespread attention to a musical style detractors compared to a stylus stuck in a groove and admirers extolled as awe-inspiring and trance-inducing. "At the same time, its static, hieratic text, derived largely from ancient Egyptian and Akkadian sources, lies far outside the operatic norm, and makes most American librettos of recent decades look bland." “'Akhnaten' attains an austere majesty that won’t sound entirely alien to ears accustomed to 'Aida," Alex Ross wrote in his review for the magazine. His gift for giving himself over to the art in which he is creating, moment to moment, is vitally refreshing and inexplicably humbling. The production - which featured jugglers, period-inspired costumes, nudity and striking lighting effects - drew a diverse crowd that, according to a review in The New Yorker, included "blue-hairs and hipsters." Anthony Roth Costanzo becomes Akhnaten entirely through his presence and I personally cannot imagine anyone ever doing this level of performance while in this role. The third opus in a trilogy of "portrait operas" Glass composed between the mid- 1970s and mid-80s, "Akhnaten features a "mesmerizing score filled with driving rhythms, powerful choruses, and exquisite ensembles," according to a statement announcing last November's production. ![]() Auditorium will discuss last year's production of "Akhnaten" by the LA Opera - which was called "an exultant (visual) mess" by the Los Angeles Times and a triumphant "must see" by San Francisco Classical Voice. in the Main Library’s Martin Luther King, Jr. The opera - which sets ancient texts to an often relentless minimalist style popularized four decades ago by the celebrated composer - tells the tale of the Egyptian pharaoh and his Queen Nefertiti who abandoned polytheism for the worship of the solar deity Aten. The libretto is by Philip Glass in organization with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, Richard Riddell, and Jerome Robbins. Philip Glass Opera Topic of Multi-media Presentation at Santa Monica Libraryįebru- American composer Philp Glass' opera "Akhnaten," which will be the topic of discussion at the Santa Monica Library Saturday, merges the ancient and ultra-modern. Akhnaten is an opera in 3 acts based on the life as well as religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), created by the American author Philip Glass in 1983. ![]()
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