The rise and fall of a Sun God

By Hedy Mühleck, 06 July 2014

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Reviewed at Theater Heidelberg, Heidelberg on 4 July 2014

Glass, Akhnaten

Georg Meyer-Wiel, Costume Designer

Marcel Warning, Set Designer

Amélie Saadia, Nefertiti

Artem Krutko, Akhnaten

Irida Herri, Queen Tye

Winfrid Mikus, High Priest of Amon

Zachary Wilson, Horemhab

Michael Zahn, Aye

Dance Company Nanine Linning

Chor des Theaters und Orchesters Heidelberg

Extrachor des Theaters und Orchesters Heidelberg

Philharmonisches Orchester Heidelberg

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Hedy Mühleck

Hedy is a former Bachtrack German Editor and Press Liaison. She's a musicologist, a great fan of British music of the 19th and 20th century, a folk musician, bibliophile and a coffee and tea aficionado. She also likes singing, cats, and to make all kinds of sweet treats.