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Philip Glass / Einstein on the Beach

Basler Madrigalisten - Ensemble Phoenix Basel - André De Ridder - Jürg Henneberger - Susanne Kennedy - Markus Selg
Opera
Grande Halle de La Villette
Duration: about 3h30

Program

Distribution

Opéra de Philip Glass et Robert Wilson
Livret de Christopher Knowles, Samuel M. Johnson, Lucinda Childs
André de Ridder , musical conducting
Jürg Henneberger , musical conducting
Susanne Kennedy , conception, staging
Markus Selg , conception
Suzan Boogaerdt , danse
Tarren Johnson , danse
Frank Willens , danse
Tommy Cattin , danse
Dominic Santia , danse
Ixchel Mendoza Hernandez , danse
Diamanda Dramm , violin
Alfheiđur Erla Guđmundsdóttir , soprano
Emily Dilewski , soprano
Sonja Koppelhuber , mezzo-soprano
Nadia Catania , mezzo-soprano
Ensemble vocal Basler Madrigalisten
Ensemble Phoenix

When they premiered Einstein on the Beach in Avignon in 1976, Philip Glass, Bob Wilson and Lucinda Childs made a monumental splash in the operatic pond, introducing a work nothing short of revolutionary, yet also returning to the genre’s roots in mythology.

Production Theater Basel (Basel) in collaboration with the Berliner Festspiele (Berlin) and the Wiener Festwochen (Vienna).

Coréalisation La Villette (Paris), Festival d'Automne à Paris, Philharmonie de Paris.

Einstein On the Beach by Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, © 1976 Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc,

Used by Permission. Movements in Dance 2 by G. I. Gurdjief

Getting here

Paris Underground (Métro)
M5 “Porte de Pantin” station 
M7 “Corentin Cariou / Porte de la Villette” station 
Bus
75 & 151: “Porte de Pantin” station 
139, 150, 152: “Porte de la Villette” station 

Address

211, avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris