I love that word... mostly because it is an opera by one of my favorite composers Phil Glass.

The word just feels very good in your mouth. I believe that opera is a companion piece to another piece entitled Akhnaten, after the egyptian prince. Michelle and I (my friend who shares my love of Phil Glass, we've been to many of his concerts together) love to just say the word "Akhnaten" with a Bugs Bunny voice over and over when we are just being silly.

Isn't it great to have friends with whom just the silliest, nonsensical things can make you laugh? I really miss that relationship.

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Just checked, yes he considers it a part of his opera trilogy along with Einstein on the Beach.

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Akhnaten, Gandhi and Einstein - three men who revolutionized the thoughts and events of their times through the power of an inner vision. This, then, is the theme of the trilogy. Einstein - the man of science; Gandhi - the man of politics; Akhnaten - the man of religion. These themes (science, politics, religion) are, to an extent, shared by all three and they inform our ideological and real worlds.

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