Akhnaten · Opera
Songs in Akhnaten
This page features the songs from Akhnaten. Song cards link to details such as style, context, vocal notes, and audition cut suggestions when available. Explore the list below to access song guides.
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.