Two thirds of the spoken text in this work were contributed by Christopher Knowles, an autistic 14 year old who worked with stage director Robert Wilson.
Two thirds of the spoken text in this work were contributed by Christopher Knowles, an autistic 14 year old who worked with stage director Robert Wilson. Three recurring visual images occur during the performance-a trial/bed setting, a spaceship, and trains-all of which are meant to conjure up the title figure as the composer's trademark repetitive measures are piled on top of one another for maximum effect. Featuring a roaming simulacrum of the title figure, complete with moustache and wild hair, as violinist who wanders in and out of scenes, what is this 1974 opera, FTP, whose performers sport short sleeved white shirts and a pipe just like the man who discovered the theory of relativity, a work by Philip Glass.
Two thirds of the spoken text in this work were contributed by Christopher Knowles, an autistic 14 year old who worked with stage director Robert Wilson.
Einstein on the Beach