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Einstein on the beach : the changing image of opera

Title
Einstein on the beach : the changing image of opera / a production of Obenhaus Films, Inc., for the Brooklyn Academy of Music ; in association with WNET/Thirteen ; the Brooklyn Academy of Music presents a film by Mark Obenhaus ; produced by Chrisann Verges ; directed and photographed by Mark Obenhaus.
Publication
Los Angeles, Calif. : Direct Cinema, 1987.

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Additional Authors
  • Obenhaus, Mark.
  • Verges, Chrisann.
  • Glass, Philip.
  • Wilson, Robert, 1941-
  • Childs, Lucinda.
  • Sutton, Sheryl, 1950-
  • Obenhaus Films (New York, N.Y.)
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
  • Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Description
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sound, color; 1/2 in.
Summary
Through performance and rehearsal footage, and through interviews with composer Philip Glass and designer/director Robert Wilson, this film examines the opera Einstein on the Beach.
Alternative Title
Changing image of opera
Subject
  • Glass, Philip
  • Wilson, Robert, 1941-
  • Wilson, Robert, 1941- > Dramatic production
  • Glass, Philip > Interviews
  • Wilson, Robert, 1941- > Interviews
  • Einstein, Albert, 1879-1955
  • Glass, Philip
  • Einstein on the beach (Glass, Philip)
  • Operas
  • Theater
Genre/Form
  • Documentary films.
  • Feature films.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
  • Video recordings.
  • Films autres que de fiction.
  • Documentaires.
Note
  • Made in 1985.
Credits (note)
  • Editor, Sarah Stein ; narrator, Will Lyman ; narration written by Gerald Jonas.
Performer (note)
  • Lucinda Childs, Sheryl Sutton.
System Details (note)
  • VHS.
ISBN
  • 1559741007
  • 9781559741002
OCLC
  • ocm15530629
  • 15530629
  • SCSB-1424453
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library