Philip Glass' Akhnaten Rises at the LA Opera

Above: John Holiday as Akhnaten and Sun-Ly Pierce as Nefertiti in LA Opera's 2026 production of Akhnaten. Photo credit: Cory Weaver It's been four days since this writer attended the LA Opera's production of Philip Glass' Akhnaten at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion on a Sunday afternoon in March, and still, more time is needed to process it all. The music, the visuals, everything is so wonderfully overwhelming and absolutely breathtaking, some reflection is required to fully appreciate the whole event. In our recent feature Opera for All, Akhnaten director Phelim McDermott explained that, "There is a theory that Akhnaten was the […] The post Philip Glass' Akhnaten Rises at the LA Opera first appeared on Music Connection Magazine.