Einstein on the Beach
Opera
Robert Wilson (director)...of Spain and The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud. He began to work in opera in the early 1970s, creating Einstein on the Beach with Philip Glass, which brought the two artists worldwide fame. In 1983-1984, Wilson planned a performance for... In this article: Robert Wilson, The Civil WarS, The Life and Times, Einstein on the Beach, Heiner Muller, Joseph Stalin, Philip Glass, and Tom Waits |
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L.A. Times - The Arts | October 25, 2009
Music review: 'Einstein' at the beach
...education and offered to refund gullible parents their money. But the few enlightened parents who tried "Einstein on the Beach" instead may have a wiser tale to tell. Saturday night, Jacaranda, the West Side's new music series,...
In this article: Jacaranda, Philip Glass, Morton Feldman, Robert Wilson, Sandra Tsing Loh, and Rothko Chapel
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Variety | September 29, 2008
Philip Glass pens Walt Disney opera
...American is timed to celebrate Glass 75th birthday. Before that, the composer s 1976 opera Einstein on the Beach will be staged by original helmer Robert Wilson during the 2009-10 season. Commission was announced by City Opera s incoming...
In this article: Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Satyagraha, and London
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Rotten Tomatoes: News | October 01, 2008
Philip Glass Penning Disney Opera
...English National Opera and at the Met. Preem of "American" is timed to celebrate Glass' 75th birthday. Before that, the composer's 1976 opera "Einstein on the Beach" will be staged by original helmer Robert Wilson during the 2009-10 season.
In this article: Philip Glass, New York City Opera, Robert Wilson, Koyaanisqatsi, Satyagraha, The Hours, and London
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New York Times | April 12, 2009
Dance Review 'Lucinda Childs': Distilling Four Decades of Dance
...her career. Her training at Sarah Lawrence College, the impact of Merce Cunningham, the early Judson years, her first work with Mr. Wilson ("Einstein on the Beach" in 1976) and her early pieces for her own dancers are all covered. There is the...
In this article: Lucinda Childs, Robert Wilson, Catherine Deneuve, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Sarah Lawrence College, and Merce Cunningham
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L.A. Times - Music News | July 29, 2008
On Second Thought: 'Einstein on the Beach'
...articles. Since 1976, I have enjoyed the music of Philip Glass. Before then, I did not. "Einstein on the Beach" changed everything. Experiencing the five-hour opera with its repetitious score performed without a break, no real...
In this article: Philip Glass, Albert Einstein, Robert Wilson, Buddhist, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Times, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Samuel Barber
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www.washingtonpost.com | January 18, 2007
OnFilm New German Films And 'Absolute Wilson'
...director Katharina Otto-Bernstein, as well as for the film's general release. But if you, um, absolutely can't wait for the acclaimed Robert Wilson documentary, which promises to offer a rare glimpse into the auteur behind such works as...
In this article: Robert Wilson, Tom Tykwer, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, The Civil WarS, and Austria
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Times Online | August 07, 2009
Philip Glass on Classic FM and getting a Prom
...Close, who painted an iconic portrait of him. Fame followed his opera Einstein on the Beach, a collaboration with Robert Wilson, which became a hit for the Metropolitan Opera in New York in 1976. Later work: From the mid-Eighties his work...
In this article: Philip Glass, Nadia Boulanger, Samuel Beckett, Ravi Shankar, The Hours, Manhattan, Chuck Close, and Paris
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Wikipedia | November 02, 2009
Einstein on the Beach
...Philip Glass and designed and directed by theatrical producer Robert Wilson . It also contains writings by Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson and Lucinda Childs. Einstein on the Beach is described by Glass as an "Opera in four acts for...
In this article: Philip Glass Ensemble, Albert Einstein, Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, Akhnaten, Satyagraha, Orchestration, and Lucinda Childs
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New Yorker: Arts & Culture | September 14, 2008
American Gothic: The Theatre: The New Yorker
...Squat Theatre, home to many Eastern European dissident artists. And she worked with Wilson again on "Einstein on the Beach," his seminal 1976 piece, written with Philip Glass. In "Einstein," Sutton had a number of haunting scenes, but...
In this article: Robert Wilson, Charlotte, and Philip Glass
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Einstein on the Beach is an opera scored and written by Philip Glass and designed and directed by theatrical producer Robert Wilson. It also contains writings by Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson and Lucinda Childs. Einstein on the Beach is described by Glass as an "Opera in four acts for ensemble, chorus and soloists."
This is Glass' first and longest opera score, taking approximately five hours (a little under three and a half hours on CD) to complete, with no intermission. Given the length of the opera the audience was free to enter and leave as they desired.
Einstein's musical score became the first in a loosely related trilogy, followed by Satyagraha (1980) and Akhnaten (1983). These three operas are defined by Philip Glass as "portrait" operas that portray men whose personal vision transformed the thinking of their time through the power of ideas and not arms.
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