Gleaming and Self-Aware, Philip Glass’sAkhnatenIs Borne to the Met
Save this article to read it later. Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection. Whats not to enjoy? pharaoh Amenhotep IV, who rebaptized himself to proclaim allegiance solely to the supreme god Aten. Scholars have extrapolated theories about androgyny andgenetic mutations. So a generation later, McDermott ups the ante, making sure Akhnatens body evolves before our eyes. If theres a political or social agenda at work here, its buried in decor....