A lot of care, effort and money went into making this production possible and it shows loud and clear. 'Akhnaten' looks great visually, the costumes especially being a feast for the eyes. Despite the very slight and not particularly coherent story, 'Akhnaten' (with Glass' distinctive style all over it) to me was one of the standouts in a good way and also the production overall was one of the best and most interesting of the season, certainly the best up to this point of the season. ![]() My general impression of the series' contemporary operas has been that the productions have many brilliant elements and majorly impress on the whole but some of the operas have not been to my personal tastes. The series is no stranger to Glass' music, having previously done the wonderful 'Satyagraha' some years ago. The Metropolitan Opera have done a lot of contemporary operas over the years, almost every season of the uneven but always interesting 'Metropolitan Opera HD Live' series has one. ![]() The same goes for minimalist music in general, a form of music that Glass is one of the most important composers in, it is interesting to study (studied it myself for a musicianship module at music college) but is not the sort of music that makes me want to come back to it over and over. Phillip Glass for me is one of those highly appreciate rather than love composers, his music is at its best hypnotic but is not for those that aren't fans of repetition.
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