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Title Akhnaten / Philip Glass ; directed by Gary Halvorson ; a Metropolitan opera high-definition production ; music producer, David Frost ; producers, Louisa Briccetti, Victoria Warivonchik.

Publication Info. [New York] : The Metropolitan Opera ; [East Hampton, New York] : [Orange Mountain Music], [2021]
©2021, ℗2019

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 Talbott Media  DVD 1119    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
 Talbott Media  DVD 1119  Booklet    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Description 1 videodisc (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital
optical
PCM stereo
Dolby Digital 5.1
16:9
all regions
Operas
Physical Medium polychrome
Note Program notes by Christopher Browner and Elena Park, and synopsis in English (1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations) laid in container.
Opera in three acts.
System Details DVD
Note Title from disc label.
Extras: Backstage with host Joyce DiDonato, interviews with cast members ; Peter Gelb interviews Phelim McDermott.
Libretto by Philip Glass in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, Richard Riddell and Jerome Robbins ; vocal text drawn from original sources by Shalom Goldman.
Performer Dísella Larusdóttir, J'nai Bridges, Anthony Roth Costanzo, Aaron Blake, Will Liverman, Richard Bernstein, Zachary James ; with supporting soloists ; Skills Ensemble ; the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Karen Kamensek, conductor.
Credits Production by Phelim McDermott ; set and projection designer, Tom Pye ; costume designer, Kevin Pollard ; lighting designer, Bruno Poet ; choreographer, Sean Gandini.
Event Recorded live 2019 November 23 the Metropolitan Opera, New York.
Local Note Westminster Choir College alumna (Larusdóttir).
Language Sung principally in Egyptian, Akkadian, and Hebrew ; narration in English ; with subtitles in English, French, German, and Spanish.
Subject Akhenaton, King of Egypt -- Drama.
Akhenaton, King of Egypt.
Genre/Form Drama.
Subject Operas.
Operas.
Genre/Form Filmed performances.
Operas.
Operas.
Filmed performances.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Drama.
Added Author Container of (work): Glass, Philip. Akhnaten.
Glass, Philip, composer, librettist.
Goldman, Shalom, librettist.
Israel, Robert, 1939- librettist.
Riddell, Richard, librettist.
Robbins, Jerome, librettist.
Dísella Larusdóttir, singer.
Bridges, J'Nai, singer.
Costanzo, Anthony Roth, singer.
Blake, Aaron, singer.
Liverman, Will, singer.
Bernstein, Richard (Bass-baritone), singer.
James, Zachary, singer.
Kamensek, Karen, 1970- conductor.
Halvorson, Gary, director.
Briccetti, Louisa, producer.
Warivonchik, Victoria, producer.
McDermott, Phelim, stage director.
Pye, Tom, production designer.
Pollard, Kevin, costume designer.
Poet, Bruno, lighting designer.
Gandini, Sean, choreographer (expression)
DiDonato, Joyce, on-screen presenter, interviewer.
Improbable Skills Ensemble, performer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
Orange Mountain Music, publisher.
Standard No. 801837501155
Music No. 5011 Orange Mountain Music