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Akhnaten - 1984

Philip Glass 1937 -

Libretto by Philip Glass and Shalom Goldman based on the life and religious convictions of the pharaoh Akhenaten

First performance at Stuttgart State Opera on 24 March 1984

English libretto - Spanish translation

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Unlike his first opera Einstein on the Beach, the writing and style are more conventional and lyrical and much of the music of this opera is some of the most dissonant that Glass has composed.

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