Einstein on the Beach (2014)

2014 Drama, Music

Movie Name: Einstein on the Beach (2014)
Directed by: Don Kent Robert Wilson
Written by: Philip Glass
Starring by: Helga Davis Kate Moran Jasper Newell Charles Williams Antoine Silverman Katie Dorn Katherine Helen Fisher Sarah Hillmon Anne Lewis Sharon Milanese
Genres: Drama Music
Country: France United States of America
Language: English

Overview

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.