Soprano
Ella makes their debut with English National Opera playing Daughter 3 in Philip Glass’s Akhnaten.
Phelim McDermott’s Olivier Award-winning production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten returns to the ENO, following sell-out runs at the London Coliseum.
Akhnaten is a mesmerising work whose text draws on ancient hymns, prayers and inscriptions sung in their original Egyptian, Hebrew and Akkadian. The opera’s unique mood transports audiences to this ancient world through Glass’s music (conducted by the returning Karen Kamensek) that combines his characteristic minimalist voice with stylised movement and choreographed juggling to visualise the rhythms of his score.
A mesmerising spectacle, Akhnaten tells the story of one of the world’s most influential figures – the Pharaoh Akhnaten, the first Pharaoh to switch from worshipping a pantheon of gods to just one: the Sun.
Cast:
Anthony Roth Costanzo
Akhnaten
Chrystal E. Williams
Nefertiti
Haegee Lee
Queen Tye
Benson Wilson
Horemhab
Keel Watson
Aye
Paul Curievici
High Priest of Amon
Zachary James
Scribe
Ellie Neate
Daughter 1
Isabelle Peters
Daughter 2
Ella Taylor
Daughter 3
Felicity Buckland
Daughter 4
Sinead O’Kelly
Daughter 5
Lauren Young
Daughter 6
Creatives:
Karen Kamensek
Conductor
Phelim McDermott
Director
Tom Pye
Set Designer
Kevin Pollard
Costume Designer
Bruno Poet
Lighting Designer
Sean Gandini
Choreographer