Hailed by critics and beloved by audiences, this eagerly anticipated revival transports you to Ancient Egypt in Philip Glass’s enthralling portrait of a trailblazing pharaoh. Countertenor John Holiday is the titular Akhnaten, determined to lead Egypt into a new age even as his plan to abandon the old gods puts his kingdom (and his life) […]

Music by Gian Carlo Menotti Libretto by Gian Carlo Menotti Director, Daisy Evans Conductor, Timothy Myers Spoleto Festival USA Orchestra Step into a world of gossip and intrigue in The Old Maid and the Thief by Gian Carlo Menotti, the visionary founder of Spoleto Festival USA. Produced by Spoleto, this comedic one-act — composed in […]

Along with Einstein on the Beach and Satyagraha , the opera Akhnaten (1983) forms a triptych about science, politics, and religion. Composer Philip Glass, often in collaboration with theater maker Robert Wilson, thus created a sweeping musico-dramatic panorama of current affairs in a unique new formal language. In Akhnaten , after his father's death, the […]