Akhnaten

Author’s note: Any titles in Italics are the author’s own, and generally indicate a soundscape scene, where formal words are not used.

Act One

Prelude

• ‘Open are the double doors’ - Amenhotep
• ‘He flies who flies’ - Amenhotep

Scene 1: Funeral of Amenhotep III

• Funeral Chorus ‘Ankh ankh en mitak’ - Funeral Party
• ’Ya inen makhent en ra’ - Funeral Party, Aye, Chorus

Scene 2: The Coronation of Akhnaten

• ‘Yenedj hrack yemi’ - Amon, Horemhab, Aye
• ‘Live the horus’ - Amenhotep
• ‘Yenedj hrack yemi’ - Chorus

Scene 3: The Window of Appearances

• ‘Tut wua yeri’ - Akhnaten, Tye, Nefertiti

Act Two

Scene 1: The Temple

• ‘Amen, Amen’ - Amon, Chorus
• The new order - Akhnaten, Tye, Chorus

Scene 2: Akhnaten and Nefertiti

• ‘I breathe the sweet breath’ - Amenhotep
• Duet ‘Sesenet/Neftu nedjem per em rek’ - Akhnaten, Nefertiti

Scene 3: The City

• Monologue: ‘And his majesty said unto them’ - Amenhotep
• Dance

Scene 4: Hymn

• ‘Thou dost appear beautiful’ - Akhnaten
• ‘Marabbu maaseekha’ - Chorus

Act Three

Scene 1: The Family

• The Family - 6 Daughters, Nefertiti, Akhnaten
• ‘I have written repeatedly for troops’ - Amenhotep
• The Family - Akhnaten, 2 Daughters

Scene 2: Attack and Fall

• ‘Limlikmi shari’ - Amon, Horemhab, Aye, Chorus

Scene 3: The Ruins

• Prologue ‘The sun of him who knew thee not’ - Amenhotep
• ‘To reach Tel-al-amarna’ - Amenhotep

Epilogue

• The Ghosts - Tye, Nefertiti, Akhnaten

A song with an asterisk (*) before the title indicates a dance number; a character listed in a song with an asterisk (*) by the character's name indicates that the character exclusively serves as a dancer in this song, which is sung by other characters.