I have The Window of Appearances from the opera #Akhnaten going through my head rn, and it’s very annoying because I forgot my headphones so I can’t listen to it until I get home.

Akhnaten is awesome, btw, and peak Philip Glass. It’s one of my favorite operas.

RT @katherineschof8
So my husband took our preteen to @E_N_O #Akhnaten last night on their free seats for children scheme. Long, modern opera. There was not an empty seat in the house, a rapturous standing ovation at the end, and my too-cool son LOVED it.

WTF is wrong with our arts decision makers?

Well, Akhnaten is a fascinating and hypnotic theatrical experience that I'll be thinking about for a while to come. Anthony Roth Constanzo gives an extraordinary lead performance and the skills team from Improbable display some highly technical, even virtuosic, juggling prowess!

#Opera #LoveENO #Akhnaten #PhilipGlass #Theatre

This is the first time I've seen an ENO opera at the London Coliseum since I was at school (they used to put on regular, subsided opera trips).

I didn't even know Akhnaten when I booked my ticket but I've been listening to a recording of the work since then and I absolutely love it. So excited to be seeing a performance.

I loved Phelim McDermott's work on My Neighbour Totoro and can't wait to see what he and Improbable have done here.

#Opera #LoveENO #Theatre #London #Akhnaten

Popped into the Petrie Museum to get into the Ancient Egyptian mood, ready to see the ENO's Akhnaten tonight.

#Akhnaten #AncientEgypt #London

The #ENO’s #Akhnaten last night was great. Stunning #PhilipGlass score and I do love a good #CounterTenor. Staging and costumes up to the usual high standards. Very slow movements throughout evoked our culture’s view of Egypt as being all about unchanging ritual which in a way was the whole point. Akhnaten’s radical innovation FAILED with an instant return to the status quo ante. #opera

If you have any interest in contemporary music and staging, I urge you to see https://www.eno.org/whats-on/akhnaten/ which returns after the 2018 sell out. It’s breathtaking. It also shows what ENO can achieve, putting the current thread into sharp relief. #akhnaten #philipglass

The moment you realize that you have a legitimately good reason to assign some #PhilipGlass listening in a non-music class -- that is a good moment!

Using Glass's #Akhnaten opera in a #History of #WorldReligions
survey with hopes that it will encourage students to also think critically about stories/metanarratives of #Religion and our participation in its construction as students/scholars. We'll enjoy the main Hymn to the Sun aria but also use its presentation, along with the discussion of Akhnaten in the #AriaCode podcast and our course readings, to consider what story is being told about religion more generally -- and what other possibilities are perhaps obscured by those choices.

Trying to find ways to infuse a critical approach with some subtlety (i.e. no/few theoretical readings, minimal jargon).

The Aria Code podcast episode on the Akhnaten Hymn is one of my favorites of the series!

#Religiodons

Delighted to hear Mark Kermode talk about how good the Philip Glass opera Akhnaten is on Take 3. I’ve also been fortunate to see this and echo his sentiments. Just when I thought that I couldn’t like him more 😊 #Wittertainment #Vanguardista #KermodeAndMayo #PhilipGlass #Akhnaten

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 2

Page from a #zine about seeing #Akhnaten in London while jet-lagged. This was the perfect performance to see while floating between sleep and waking, dream and spectacle.

#Comix #DigitalIllustration #Opera #PhilipGlass

I’m about as unspiritual as one can be, but thirty five minutes on a green #Shakti mat is amazing. I always listen to #PhilipGlass (today it was #Akhnaten) and blissfully drift off. The #tattoo is my tribute to PG and his Portrait Trilogy - executed by Mr Craigy Lee of Wellington’s #UnionTattoo

somewhere from twitter:
"Public Service Reminder: The Met Opera is streaming Philip Glass's AKHNATEN for the next 23 hours. Free, no login required." #Music #PhilipGlass #akhnaten

https://metoperafree.brightcove-services.com/?videoId=6205307098001