Einstein on the Beach – review

Barbican, London Philip Glass's list of stage works stretches well beyond 20. The majority have reached Britain, but until now Einstein on the Beach – the work he devised in 1976 with director Robert Wilson, launching his career as an opera composer and making his name internationally – had never been seen here. The belated UK premiere of Einstein harks right back to that beginning: it's Wilson's re-creation of the original five-hour production.That, though, is both a strength and a shortcom...

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