Philip Glass' Akhnaten at English National Opera

22 January 2016, 16:06 | Updated: 15 December 2016, 11:50

Experience a season of heart-stopping, entertaining and spectacular opera this spring with English National Opera. Join us at the beautiful London Coliseum, where ENO performs some of the world's most unforgettable stories.

4-18 March

Divine ruler of Egypt, husband to Nefertiti, father of a new religion. And traitor to the old gods. Akhnaten must die. But will his faith live on?

Watching Akhnaten is a thought-provoking, absorbing experience. This extraordinary work has not been seen in London for 30 years and forms the last of Philip Glass’s trilogy of ‘portrait’ operas in which he looks at figures from the fields of science (Einstein), politics (Gandhi) and religion (Akhnaten).

This hypnotically mesmerising work uses texts drawn from ancient hymns, prayers, letters and inscriptions sung in their original Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian. ENO’s new production is directed by Improbable theatre company’s Phelim McDermott and follows his spectacular stagings of Glass’s Satyagraha and The Perfect American.

‘An inspired marriage of sight and sound’ ★★★★ 

- The Independent on Sunday

Tickets start from £12 (plus booking fee) with 500 tickets available at every performance for £20 or less.

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