Composers

Philip Glass

Born: 1937
Einstein on the Beach (1976)
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Work Notes
Opera in four acts by Robert Wilson and Philip Glass which includes two large-scale dance scenes. Spoken text (English) by Christopher Knowles, Samuel M Johnson and Lucinda Childs.
Publisher
Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc
Category
Opera and Music Theatre
Year Composed
1976
Duration
4 Hours 30 Minutes
Chorus
SATB (16 voices)
Orchestration
fl(pic,bcl). fl(ssx). tsx(asx)/2org/vln


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Programme Note
Philip Glass Einstein on the Beach (1976)
CAST
2 female, 1 male, and 1 male child in speaking roles (for the Wilson production)
16 person SATB chamber chorus
soprano soloist
smaller tenor solo part

SYNOPSIS
The first in 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. The opera is structured in four ‘acts’ connected by ‘knee plays’, or intermezzi.

Discography - Einstein on the Beach
  • Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Sony Masterworks:
    M4K 38875
  • Ensemble
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Conductor
    Michael Riesman
    Nonesuch:
    79323-2
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Performances
Date
Title
  • 01 DEC 2012
    Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany
    Anhaltische Philharmonie Dessau
    Daniel Carlberg, conductor

    Other Dates:
    3 December -
  • 24 MAR 2012
    Minimal Extreme
    City Halls, Glasgow
    Ars Nova
    Jonathan Morton, conductor
  • 20 JAN 2012
    Ann Arbour, MI
    Pomegranate Arts Inc
    Lucinda Childs choreography

    Other Dates:
    4 May - Barbican, London
    5,6,10,11,9,12,13 May - Barbican, London
    21,22 January - Ann Arbour, MI
    16-18 March - Montpellier, France
    24,25 March - Reggio Emilia, Italy
    8-10 June - Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Canada
    14-16,19-23 September - Opera House, Brooklyn, NY
    26-28 October - Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, CA
    9-11 November - Teatro del Palacio de Bellas Artes, Mexico City, Mexico
    5-7,10-12 January 2013 - Het Muziektheatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • 30 SEP 2008
    Doornik, Belgium
    Champ d'Action

    Other Dates:
    1 October - Brussels, Belgium
    2 October - Borgerhout, Belgium
    3 October - Gent, Belgium
  • 06 DEC 2007
    Stern Auditorium, Carnegie Hall, New York, USA
    Philip Glass Ensemble
    Timothy Fain, violin; Michael Riesman, conductor
  • 10 NOV 2006
    Opera National de Paris-Garnier, Paris, France
    Ballet de l'Opera National de Paris-Garnier

    Other Dates:
    11,14,16-18 November - Opera National de Paris-Garnier, Paris, France
    13 November - Opera National de Paris-Garner, Paris, France
  • 01 JUN 2006
    Dunstan Playhouse, State Opera of South Australia
    New co-production of Einstein on the Beach (Parts 1 & 2) by State Opera of South Australia and Leigh Warren & Dancers directed by Leigh Warren, designed by Mary Moore, lighting desig by Geoff Cobham and performed by artists of Leigh Warren & Dancers and Adelaide Vocal Project ; Timothy Sexton, conductor

    Other Dates:
    2-4 June - Dunstan Playhouse, State Opera of South Australia
  • 22 AUG 2001
    Berlin, Germany
    Berthold Schneider, director; Ari Meyers, conductor

    Other Dates:
    24,26,29,31 August - Berlin, Germany




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