Robert Wilson / Philip Glass

Einstein on the Beach

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Einstein on the Beach
An Opera in four Acts by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson
Choreography, Lucinda Childs
Sopken Texts, Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson, Lucinda Childs
Direction, Set and Light Design,
Robert Wilson
Music and lyrics, Philip Glass
With Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Antoine Silverman, The Lucinda Childs Dance Company, The Philip Glass Ensemble
Conducted by, Michael Riesman
Co-Director, Ann-Chistin Rommen
Directing Associate, Charles Otte
Light, Urs Schoenebaum
Sound, Kurt Munkasci
Costumes, Carlos Soto
Hair, Make-Up, Luc Verschueren

 

 

A presentation of the Théâtre du Châtelet in partnership with the Festival d’Automne à Paris and the Théâtre de la Ville // Production Pomegranate Arts, Inc. // The parisian performances of Einstein on the Beach has been made  possible through the support of Pierre Bergé. // With the support of agnès b.
Partnership with France Inter

Widely credited as one of the greatest artistic achievements of the XXth century, Einstein on the Beach launched its creators, Robert Wilson and Philip Glass, to international success when it was first performed in 1976. This exceptional production brings it to an entirely new generation. Einstein on the Beach breaks all the rules of conventional opera, following a non-narrative, albeit rigorous structure, with a choreography by Lucinda Childs.

See also

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PESSOA – Since I've been me

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The hero of this new work by Robert Wilson is Fernando Pessoa. And a paradoxical hero at that. The Portuguese poet spent his life 'multiplying himself', inventing heteronyms, or fictitious authors, to whom he attributed works he himself wrote. He even went as far as to invent relationships, either amicable ones or from master to disciple, between his different avatars.