Lecture by Shalom Goldman, Pardon Tillinghast Professor of Religion

Lecture “ ‘Singing Archaeology’: Creating AKHNATEN, an American opera set in Ancient Egypt” by Shalom Goldman, Pardon Tillinghast Professor of Religion.

In 2016 AKHNATEN was performed to great acclaim in London and Los Angeles. The opera, first performed in the mid-1980s, was written by composer Glass in collaboration with Shalom Goldman and other writers. In this lecture I will describe the collaborative process that shaped the final work and will highlight the process in which I worked to interpret and translate Ancient Egyptian culture into modern American musical and theatrical idioms.

Lunch is free for current Middlebury College students/faculty/staff; suggested $5 donation for others; RSVP by 2/28 to rcga@middlebury.edu.