Opera Preview: Akhnaten

11/22/2019    
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Blue Hill Public Library
5 Parker Point Rd, Blue Hill, ME, 04614
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Bagaduce Music and Friends of the Blue Hill Public Library will present a preview of Philip Glass’s opera, Akhnaten, at the Blue Hill Public Library on Friday November 22nd at 1:00 PM. A live performance of the opera will be simulcast at The Grand in Ellsworth the following day, Saturday, November 23rd, from the Metropolitan Opera in New York.

According to the Met’s website, “Director Phelim McDermott tackles another one of Philip Glass’s masterpieces, following the now-legendary Met staging of Satyagraha. Star countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo is the title pharaoh, the revolutionary ruler who transformed ancient Egypt, with the striking mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges in her Met debut as his wife, Nefertiti. To match the opera’s hypnotic, ritualistic music, McDermott has created an arresting vision that includes a virtuosic company of acrobats and jugglers. Karen Kamensek conducts in her Met debut.”

Local opera enthusiast David Porter will summarize the plot, introduce the music and offer some ideas of special ways to enjoy the Saturday simulcast. All are welcome, no previous opera knowledge is needed, and admission is free. For more information, call the library at 374-5515.

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