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The World of Akhnaten

by cquinto — last modified March 02, 2011 04:56 PM
What Conference
When March 05, 2011
from 02:00 pm to 04:00 pm
Where Fowler Museum, Lenart Auditorium
Contact Name Cheri Quinto
Contact Email
Contact Phone 310-825-4169
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Entry fee $30; tickets can be booked through the Long Beach Opera by clicking here.  Parking is an additional $10.


In celebration of the West Coast Premiere of Philip Glass' Opera 'Akhnaten', UCLA and the Long Beach Opera have organized a lecture day on the historical Egyptian pharaoh, his ideas and the world in which he lived.

Program

2:00pm-2:30pm - "Who was Akhnaten?", UCLA Professor Kara Cooney

2:30pm-3:00pm - "Discovering Akhnaten", UCLA Professor Willeke Wendrich

3:00pm-3:30pm - "Akhnaten's Religion", Eric Wells, UCLA Graduate Student

3:30pm-4:00pm - "Art and Akhnaten", Anne Austin, UCLA Graduate Student

 

Lenart Auditorium

Fowler Museum Building

UCLA Campus

Parking $10, Parking Lot 4, off Sunset Blvd. at Westwood Blvd.

 

The World of Akhnaten by Philip Glass at the Long Beach Opera

http://www.longbeachopera.org/2011-season/akhnaten

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