Songs for a Young King: Responses to the Tutankhamun Archive

Thursday 27 October 2022, 6pm - 7pm
Shulman Auditorium, The Queen's College, High Street, Oxford, OX1 4AW
An image of a bald man wearing a white gown with ornate gold markings on his face and strong black eyeliner. He has his right hand stretched in front of him and is shown on an orange sunset style background.

A selection of vocal repertoire from various periods, chosen by Anthony Roth Costanzo in response to items in the Griffith Institute's Tutankhamun archive and to themes in the Bodleian's Tutankhamun: Excavating the Archive exhibition, establishing a personal dialogue between the ancient burial and modern performer and audiences.

Please book your free ticket here.

Anthony Roth Costanzo is a Grammy award winning countertenor and producer, who has starred in Akhnaten at the ENO, London, and the Metropolitan Opera, NY, to international acclaim. He is in Oxford as a TORCH Visiting Fellow.

 

This event is part of the the Humanities Cultural Programme one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.

Organised in collaboration with The Queen's College and the Griffith Institute.

 

The Queens College     The text of the Griffith Institute alongside and eagle and a cobra