[contextly_auto_sidebar] THE Philip Glass opera Akhnaten, the very abstracted story of the Egyptian pharaoh who lived 35 centuries ago, is now at Los Angeles Opera. Glass considers it a trilogy, alongside his epochal Einstein on the Beach and his Gandhi opera, Satyagraha. Akhnaten the man was a curious guy. Imagine being a fairly important figure -- he is credited with basically inventing … [Read more...]