Description |
1 videodisc (172 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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PCM stereo |
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Dolby Digital 5.1 |
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16:9 |
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all regions |
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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. |
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Opera in three acts. |
System Details |
DVD |
Note |
Title from disc label. |
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Extras: Backstage with host Joyce DiDonato, interviews with cast members ; Peter Gelb interviews Phelim McDermott. |
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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.
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Akhenaton, King of Egypt. |
Genre/Form |
Drama.
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Subject |
Operas.
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Operas. |
Genre/Form |
Filmed performances.
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Operas.
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Operas.
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Filmed performances.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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Added Author |
Container of (work): Glass, Philip.
Akhnaten.
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Glass, Philip, composer, librettist.
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Goldman, Shalom, librettist.
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Israel, Robert, 1939- librettist.
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Riddell, Richard, librettist.
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Robbins, Jerome, librettist.
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Dísella Larusdóttir, singer.
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Bridges, J'Nai, singer.
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Costanzo, Anthony Roth, singer.
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Blake, Aaron, singer.
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Liverman, Will, singer.
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Bernstein, Richard (Bass-baritone), singer.
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James, Zachary, singer.
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Kamensek, Karen, 1970- conductor.
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Halvorson, Gary, director.
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Briccetti, Louisa, producer.
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Warivonchik, Victoria, producer.
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McDermott, Phelim, stage director.
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Pye, Tom, production designer.
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Pollard, Kevin, costume designer.
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Poet, Bruno, lighting designer.
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Gandini, Sean, choreographer (expression)
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DiDonato, Joyce, on-screen presenter, interviewer.
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Improbable Skills Ensemble, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Orchestra, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Chorus, performer.
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Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.), presenter.
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Orange Mountain Music, publisher.
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Standard No. |
801837501155 |
Music No. |
5011 Orange Mountain Music |
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