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.
Genre: Music
Director: Don Kent, Robert Wilson
Actors: Anne Lewis, Antoine Silverman, Charles Williams, Helga Davis, Jasper Newell, Kate Moran, Katherine Helen Fisher, Katie Dorn, Sarah Hillmon, Sharon Milanese