Date / Place I
23 November 2023 Opéra, ParisDate / Place II
24 November 2023 Opéra, ParisDate / Place III
25 November 2023 Opéra, ParisDate / Place IV
26 November 2023 Opéra, ParisSeries
music theatreTitle
Einstein on the BeachProgram
Philip Glass (*1937) “Einstein on the Beach” opera in four acts (1976) – 220’Musicians
- André de Ridder
- conductor
- Jürg Henneberger
- musical direction
- Susanne Kennedy
- stage direction
- Markus Selg
- stage
- Richard Alexander
- sound design
- Diamanda Dramm
- violin
- Álfheiður Erla Guðmundsdóttir
- soprano
- Emily Dilewski
- soprano
- Sonja Koppelhuber
- alto
- Nadia Catania
- alto
- Christoph Bösch
- flute, piccolo
- Josef Feichter
- flute
- Toshiko Sakakibara
- bass clarinet, EWI Solo
- Raphael Camenisch
- soprano saxophone
- Sascha Armbruster
- alto saxophone
- Ludovic Van Hellemont
- electric organ
- Samuel Wettstein
- electric organ
Program description
Walk-in music theater installation between intoxication and ritual
In their first opera production, Susanne Kennedy and Markus Selg create a posthumanist “Gesamtkunstwerk”. In doing so, they break down boundaries between man and machine, future and past, theater, visual art and virtual reality. The constantly rotating stage becomes the living space of a new kind of community. It cultivates a hieroglyphic language of movement and seems to live according to its own enigmatic rules. Inspired by the unconventional genius Albert Einstein, Philip Glass created a 20th century musical masterpiece that breaks all the rules of opera and follows no linear narrative structure. Repetitive patterns make time sensually tangible and put the audience into trance. The audience can move freely and experience the work individually.
other artists:
Performance/Dance – Suzan Boogaerdt, Tarren Johnson, Frank Willens, Tommy Cattin, Dominic Santia, Ixchel Mendoza Hernández
Basler Madrigalisten (conductor: Raphael Immoos) – Anna Miklashevich, Viola Molnar, Viviane Hasler (soprano), Barbara Schingnitz, Schoschana Kobelt, Leslie Leon (alto), Patrick Siegrist, Daniel Issa, Christopher Wattam (tenor), Othmar Sturm, Valerio Zanolli, Amir Tiroshi (bass)
Opéra, Grande Halle de La Villette, Paris
Production of Theater Basel in cooperation with the “Philharmonie de Paris” and “Festival d’Automne”
further information:
https://philharmoniedeparis.fr/fr/activite/opera/26308-philip-glass-einstein-beach
https://lavillette.com/programmation/s-kennedy-m-selg-p-glass_e1727