Einstein on the Beach

• Cast: Helga Davis, Kate Moran, Jasper Newell, Charles Williams, Antoine Silverman
• Duration: 265 minutes
• Genre: Music, Drama
• Rating: 8.8/10
• Release Date: 2014-01-07

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.