Movie·2014·4h 25m

Einstein on the Beach

Name: Einstein on the Beach
Genre: Music, Drama
Released: 2014-01-07
Rating: 8.2
Cast: Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Jasper Newell, Charles Williams, Antoine Silverman

★ 8.2MusicDrama

Synopsis

This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its 1976 Avignon Festival world premiere, at the tail end of this 2014 revival tour for a landmark Theâtre du Châtelet production and a first ever filming by award-winning arts filmmaker Don Kent. Eschewing conventional narrative, the opera revolves loosely around pacifist Einstein’s relationship to the creation of the atomic bomb.