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Akhnaten is an opera in three acts based on the life and religious convictions of the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), [1] written by the American composer Philip Glass in 1983. The libretto is by Philip Glass in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, Richard Riddell , and Jerome Robbins .
Káťa Kabanová (also known in various spellings including Katia, Katja, Katya, and Kabanowa) is an opera in three acts, with music by Leoš Janáček to a libretto by the composer based on The Storm, a play by Alexander Ostrovsky, translated by Vincenc Červinka . The opera was also largely inspired by Janáček's love for Kamila Stösslová.
Akhnaten (opera) Appomattox (opera) B. La Belle et la Bête (opera) C. The Civil Wars: A Tree Is Best Measured When It Is Down; E. Einstein on the Beach;
A satire of Italian opera seria based on a play by John Gay, the ballad opera format of The Beggar's Opera has proved popular even up to the current time. [18] 1731 Acis and Galatea (Handel). Handel's only work for the theatre that is set to an English libretto. [19] 1733 Orlando (Handel). [20]
A Madrigal Opera for six voices, violin and viola (1980) The Photographer for soloists, chorus and orchestra (1982, based on the life of Eadweard Muybridge) The Juniper Tree (1984, with Robert Moran, libretto by Arthur Yorinks) The Fall of the House of Usher (libretto by Arthur Yorinks after the short story by Edgar Allan Poe, 1987)
Akhenaten (pronounced / ˌ æ k ə ˈ n ɑː t ən / listen ⓘ), [8] also spelled Akhenaton [3] [9] [10] or Echnaton [11] (Ancient Egyptian: ꜣḫ-n-jtn ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy, pronounced [ˈʔuːχəʔ nə ˈjaːtəj] ⓘ, [12] [13] meaning 'Effective for the Aten'), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning c. 1353–1336 [3] or 1351–1334 BC, [4] the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
A marvelously mixed crowd turns out for L.A. Opera's new production of 'Tosca' staring Angel Blue, Gregory Kunde and Ryan McKinny.
The "Hymn to the Aten" was set to music by Philip Glass in his 1984 opera Akhnaten. The lyrics and meter of Bob Dylan's 1964 song "When the Ship Comes In" are remarkably similar to the first six stanzas of the "Great Hymn to the Aten".