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