The role seems so ideal for him that he appears to grow in stature on stage, not only when naked but clothed in Kevin Pollard’s extravagant and elegant costumes. As Monteverdi reflected the musical world of his era, so Glass has done since the late 20th century.Ĭostanzo sounded magnificent. With repeated exposure, the brilliance of this score comes into sharper and more heightened focus, as does the certainty that Akhnaten is one of the great traditional operas, albeit in a “modern” compositional style. Having this as part of the Met’s regular repertoire is a great benefit to opera lovers and the classical music world in general. The fate of contemporary opera is always precarious, but the popular success of this Phelim McDermott staging was so great when it first appeared in the 2019-2020 season that reviving it so soon was an easy call. The Metropolitan Opera’s revival of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten opened Thursday night, with countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo again in the title role of the Egyptian king who tried to establish monotheism-now a happily familiar musical thrill in New York. Rihab Chaieb as Nefertiti and Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title role of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten.
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