14–15 Sept 2019
CERN
Europe/Zurich timezone
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Einstein on the Beach, an opera performed by the Grand Théâtre de Genève

14 Sept 2019, 10:45
30m
500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)

500/1-001 - Main Auditorium

CERN

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Description

An excerpt of the opera Einstein on the Beach by Philip Glass and Robert Wilson, performed by the Einstein-Ensemble, specially composed with students of the Haute Ecole de Musique de Genève - HEM for the performance at the Grand Théâtre de Genève.

Einstein on the Beach is a masterclass in how to create a work on Einstein's theory of relativity without being a physicist, besides, what kind of physicist would want to do that? The flow of the music forms the base for a meditation on the passing of time, spaces and events. The opera is considered to be one of the most important musical creations of the twentieth century.

  • Set-up: performance with reddish lights and only keyboard connected, 4 singers and 1 violinist - no mic
  • Video without SOUND

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