Einstein on the Beach
This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its 1976 Avignon Festival world premiere, at the tail end of this 2014 revival tour for a landmark Theâtre du Châtelet production and a first ever filming by award-winning arts filmmaker Don Kent. Eschewing conventional narrative, the opera revolves loosely around pacifist Einstein’s relationship to the creation of the atomic bomb.
Details
Directors
Don Kent, Robert Wilson
Writers
Philip Glass
Cast
Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Jasper Newell, Charles Williams, Antoine Silverman, Katie Dorn, Katherine Helen Fisher, Sarah Hillmon, Anne Lewis, Sharon Milanese, Patrick John O'Neill, Matt Pardo, Lonnie Poupard Jr, Caitlin Scranton, John Sorensen-Jolink
Production
Pomegranate Arts, Théâtre Musical de Paris - Châtelet, Telmondis, Mezzo
Languages
English
Countries
France, United States of America
