270′

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

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

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

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.

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

RECORDINGS:
Einstein on the Beach (Highlights) CD/DVD (The Changing Image of Opera) on Orange Montain Music
REWORK_Philip Glass Remixed on Orange Mountain Music
Einstein on the Beach Highlights on Nonesuch
Einstein on the Beach on CBS Masterworks
Einstein on the Beach on Nonesuch
Glass Masters on Sony Masterworks
GlassJukebox on Nonesuch
Philip Glass Ensemble Live in Monterrey, Mexico on Orange Mountain Music
Obras Maestras / Oeuvres Majeures on Sony
Music of the Human Spirit on Azica Records
Songs from the Trilogy on Sony Masterworks
Songs on Sony Classical
The Essential Philip Glass on Sony Masterworks
Philip Glass: Up Close on Orange Mountain Music

FILMS:
Four American Composers: Philip Glass by Peter Greenaway
Looking Glass by Éric Darmon