Philip Glass Akhnaten
1987 2x CD, Box Set
Post-Modern
Opera
Contemporary
Minimal

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choir Staatsopernchor Stuttgart
chorus master Ulrich Eistert
composed by Philip Glass
conductor Dennis Russell Davies
conductor [assistant] Anton Zapf
engineer Carlos Albrecht
engineer Johannes Wohlleben
engineer Martin Wieland
engineer [nyc] Don Christensen
engineer [nyc] Miles Green
libretto by Philip Glass
libretto by [libretto assistance] Richard Riddell
libretto by [libretto assistance] Robert Israel
libretto by [libretto assistance] Shalom Goldman
orchestra The Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra
producer Kurt Munkacsi
producer Michael Riesman
voice [akhnaten] Paul Esswood
voice [amon high priest] Helmut Holzapfel
voice [aye] Cornelius Hauptmann
voice [horemhab] Tero Hannula
voice [neferetiti] Milagro Vargas
voice [queen tyre] Melinda Liebermann
voice [scribe] David Warrilow
voice [the daughters of akhnaten] Angelika Schwarz
voice [the daughters of akhnaten] Christina Wächtler
voice [the daughters of akhnaten] Geraldine Rose
voice [the daughters of akhnaten] Lynne Wilhelm-Könige
voice [the daughters of akhnaten] Maria Koupilová-Ticha
voice [the daughters of akhnaten] Victoria Schneider
An opera in three acts for orchestra, chorus and soloists. Music composed by Philip Glass. Libretto by Philip Glass in association with Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel and Richard Riddell. Vocal text drawn from original sources by Shalom Goldman.
Recorded at Karlshohe Church & Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, Germany.



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