426 reactions · 162 shares | Philip Glass returns to LA Opera. #Akhnaten #LAO31 #LAOpera | LA Opera | Facebook

Celebrate Independence Day with a dazzling display of vocal and visual fireworks. The hit 2019 production of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten—directed by Phelim McDermott, in collaboration with Improbable—streams free as tonight’s Nightly Met Opera Stream. The full performance, featuring countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo in the title role and J'Nai Bridges, Mezzo-Soprano as Nefertiti, is available tonight, July 4, starting at 7:30PM ET until tomorrow, July 5, at 6:30PM ET. Access the stream on metopera.

16K views · 478 reactions | In between performances of Phelim McDermott’s breathtaking staging of Philip Glass’s Akhnaten, members of Gandini Juggling—who feature prominently in the production—took their impressive skills to the lobby of the opera house. | The Metropolitan Opera | Facebook