27K views · 1.4K reactions | Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo stars...

Philip Glass’s meditative masterpiece Akhnaten—a hit when it had its Met premiere in 2019—returns to our stage tonight, May 19, in a powerful production by Phelim McDermott. Karen Kamensek retakes the podium to conduct a spellbinding cast that features countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo and mezzo-soprano Rihab Chaieb, seen here in an excerpt of Akhnaten and Neferiti’s Act II love duet. On stage through June 10: bit.ly/3LWLp3Z Videography by Neville Braithwaite / Met Opera | The Metropolitan Oper

Celebrate Independence Day with a dazzling display of vocal and visual fireworks. The hit 2019 production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten—directed by Phelim McDermott, in collaboration with Improbable—streams free as tonight’s Nightly Met Opera Stream. The full performance, featuring countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title role and J'Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano as Nefertiti, is available tonight, July 4, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, July 5, at 6:30PM ET. Access the stream on metopera.

470 reactions · 177 shares | Experience the Metropolitan Opera’s dazzling new production of Philip Glass’s opera about a daring ruler who transformed ancient Egypt—live in theatres on November 23. Tickets on sale now! | Cinemark | Facebook

16K views · 478 reactions | In between performances of Phelim McDermott’s breathtaking staging of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, members of Gandini Juggling—who feature prominently in the production—took their impressive skills to the lobby of the opera house. | The Metropolitan Opera | Facebook