Opera
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Grande Halle de La Villette
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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
Porte de Pantin station
M5 Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
3B Tram 3B
Address
221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris