Akhnaton
Opera in (a prologue)three acts (and an epilogue)
Libretto
Philip Glass, Shalom Goldman, Robert Israel, Richard Riedel, Jerome Robbins
Premiere
24 March 1984, Stuttgart (Württembergisches Staatstheater, Kleines Haus)
Cast
AKHNATEN (countertenor)
NEFERTITI (contralto)
QUEEN TYE (soprano)
HOREMZHAB (baritone)
AYE (bass)
HIGH PRIEST OF AMON (tenor)
AMENHOTEP (spoken role)
6 DAUGHTERS OF AKHNATEN AND NEFERTITI (3 sopranos, 3 contraltos)
FUNERAL PARTY (4 tenor, 4 bass)
CHORUS
people of Thebes, Akhnaten's entourage, people of Egypt, soldiers, outlawed priests of Amon,
Place
Egypt
Time