"McDermott’s production similarly exposes its performers: not only the singers but also a dozen jugglers in catsuits, including Sean Gandini, the show’s choreographer. As scrappy as it is ornate, the staging — with imaginative, thrift-store-find costumes by Kevin Pollard and sets to match by Tom Pye, and artful lighting by Bruno Poet — demands the patience and steadiness of yoga in its movement, as well as an active eye for anyone watching."
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"One of the greatest successes of recent Met seasons is Philip Glass's 'Akhnaten', first seen in 2019. I saw it three times that year and fell under its spell each time.It is being revived this season. The Met production has been seen in other venues and is the current gold-standard for the work."
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"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. As Monteverdi reflected the musical world of his era, so Glass has done since the late 20th century."
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