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Einstein on the Beach is an opera in four acts composed by Philip Glass with libretto in collaboration with Robert Wilson, who also designed and directed early productions. [2] [3] The opera eschews traditional narrative in favor of a formalist approach based on structured spaces laid out by Wilson in a series of storyboards which are framed and connected by five "knee plays" or intermezzos. [4]
Nov 18, 2020 · The original title was to have been “Einstein on the Beach on Wall Street.” On some level, interpreters, of which there have now been many, have reason to see the opera as a comment on the ...
- Mark Swed
- Classical Music Critic
- mark.swed@latimes.com
Philipp Glass's opera »Einstein on the Beach« has enjoyed cult status since the first performance in 1976. Concertgoers now have a rare opportunity to hear the work, which the Los Angeles Times recently described as »the most important opera of the last 50 years«, at the Elbphilharmonie. The work focuses on the most famous physicist of all ...
Einstein on the Beach. Opera in four acts by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass. One of the most iconic stage pieces of the 20th century, Einstein on the Beach would become Wilson’s most famous work. In Wilson’s first collaboration with composer Philip Glass, the two artists radically altered the way opera is made and received by upending ...
Philip Glass and Robert Wilson created “Einstein on the Beach” in 1976, and neither music nor music theater — including, and especially, opera — has ever been quite the same since.
Sep 21, 2012 · When “ Einstein on the Beach ” premiered in 1976, the world of opera was turned on its head. Thirty-six years later, we’re still enjoying the head rush of this rarely seen opus and ...
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Einstein on the Beach: Opera from Philip Glass. Einstein on the beach Opera in four acts (and five "kneeplays"). Libretto from Robert WilsonXY. Premiere 25 July 1976, Avignon (Théâtre Municipal)
