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“Einstein on the Beach” is a pivotal work in the oeuvre of Philip Glass. It is the first, longest, and most famous of the composer's operas, yet it is in almost every way unrepresentative of them. For “Einstein” is much more than the usual uneven collaboration between a librettist and composer. From its beginnings, worked out between Glass and the theater artist Robert Wilson over a series of luncheons at a restaurant on New York's Sullivan Street in 1974, this was truly a team effort. |
See as well Joyce and Einstein on the Beach (Log24, March 8, 2020).
Related material — Diamond Pivot.