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Akhnaten / [music 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].

Author/creator Glass, Philip
Format Audio (CD) and Musical Sound Recording
Publication Info[Place of publication not identified] : CBS Masterworks, ℗1987.
Description2 audio discs (129 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (93 pages : illustrations)
Subject(s)
Akhenaton, King of Egypt--Drama.
Operas.
Other author/creatorGoldman, Shalom librettist.
Other author/creatorIsrael, Robert, 1943- librettist.
Other author/creatorRiddell, Richard Vernon, librettist.
Other author/creatorEsswood, Paul, performer.
Other author/creatorVargas, Milagro, performer.
Other author/creatorLiebermann, Melinda performer.
Other author/creatorHannula, Tero, performer.
Other author/creatorHolzapfel, Helmut performer.
Other author/creatorHauptmann, Cornelius performer.
Other author/creatorWarrilow, David, narrator.
Other author/creatorDavies, Dennis Russell conductor.
Other author/creatorStaatsoper Stuttgart performer.
General noteOpera in 3 acts.
General noteSung principally in Egyptian, Akkadian, and Biblical Hebrew; narration in English.
General noteEd. recorded: New York, NY : Dunvagen Music Publishers.
General noteCompact discs.
General noteProgram notes by the composer and S. Goldman, and synopsis, in English with French and German translations, and libretto with English, French and German translations (93 p. : ill., ports.) laid in container.
Performer Paul Esswood, countertenor ; Milagro Vargas, alto ; Melinda Liebermann, soprano ; Tero Hannula, baritone ; Helmut Holzapfel, tenor ; Cornelius Hauptmann, bass ; David Warrilow, narrator ; supporting soloists ; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra and Chorus ; Dennis Russell Davies, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteRecorded 1987, at Karlshöhe Church and Tonstudio Bauer, Ludwigsburg, West Germany.
UPC 7464424572
Publisher numberM2K 42457 CBS Masterworks

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