Photo: Katie Falkenberg/Los Angeles Times

J'Nai Bridges, quarterfinalist in Operalia 2016, and Anthony Roth Costanzo, First Prize Winner in Operalia 2012, star in LA Opera's Akhnaten.

From the LA Times:

"...A singer such as Anthony Roth Costanzo, strong of voice and feisty onstage, is entirely believable, whether undressed or in his Pharaonic hoop skirt. But he is most alluring in a gossamer gown, standing still under a luscious red orb, bringing stunning stillness to a hymn to the sun.

J’Nai Bridges, a rising star, is an opulent Nefertiti..."

Read the full review at the LA Times website:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-opera-akhnaten-review-20161030-story.html