Einstein on the Beach
Einstein on the Beach is an
opera written by the
minimalist composer
Philip Glass and theatre director and designer
Robert Wilson. It premiered in
1976 in
Avignon,
France. It is a single act opera, approximately five hours long with no intermission. Given the minimalist (repetitive) nature of the music, audience members are free to enter and leave the opera as they wish.
The text of the opera consists of solfege syllables, numbers, and short segments of poetry. The opera consists of twenty-minute-long scenes separated by what Glass calls knee plays.
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