compositions
Einstein On The Beach
An opera in four acts for ensemble, chorus and soloists
1976

Info

270′

Created with Robert Wilson.
Music by Philip Glass.
Published by Dunvagen Music Publishers.

Cast

2 female and 1 male actors; 1 child (speaking roles): SATB chamber chorus (16) amp S; fl (pic, bcl), fl (ssx), tsx (asx)/ 2syn

Premiere

July 25, 1976 by the PGE at the Festival d’Avignon.

Notes

First in a Glass Trilogy of operas about men who changed the world through the power of their ideas, “Einstein”‘s sub-text is science. The opera is non-narrative in form, and the producer has two options: to reproduce the original Robert Wilson production (which exists on videotape), or to create a new series of stage and dance pictures based on themes relating to the life of Albert Einstein.

Scores

Einstein on the Beach at Wise Music Classical
Knee Play No. 1 at Wise Music Classical
Bed at Wise Music Classical
Knee Play No. 3 (from “Einstein on the Beach”) at Wise Music Classical
Knee Play No 4 at Wise Music Classical
“Trilogy” Sonata for Piano at MusicRoom.com

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