{"product_id":"einstein-on-the-beach-opera-beyond-drama-paperback","title":"Einstein on the Beach: Opera Beyond Drama - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJelena Novak\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eJohn Richardson\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhilip Glass and Robert Wilson's most celebrated collaboration, the landmark opera \u003ci\u003eEinstein on the Beach\u003c\/i\u003e, had its premiere at the Avignon Festival in 1976. During its initial European tour, Metropolitan Opera premiere, and revivals in 1984 and 1992, \u003ci\u003eEinstein \u003c\/i\u003eprovoked opposed reactions from both audiences and critics. Today, \u003ci\u003eEinstein \u003c\/i\u003eis well on the way itself to becoming a canonized avant-garde work, and it is widely acknowledged as a profoundly significant moment in the history of opera or musical theater. \u003ci\u003eEinstein \u003c\/i\u003ecreated waves that for many years crashed against the shores of traditional thinking concerning the nature and creative potential of audiovisual expression. Reaching beyond opera, its influence was felt in audiovisual culture in general: in contemporary avant-garde music, performance art, avant-garde cinema, popular film, popular music, advertising, dance, theater, and many other expressive, commercial, and cultural spheres. Inspired by the 2012-2015 series of performances that re-contextualized this unique work as part of the present-day nexus of theoretical, political, and social concerns, the editors and contributors of this book take these new performances as a pretext for far-reaching interdisciplinary reflection and dialogue. Essays range from those that focus on the human scale and agencies involved in productions to the mechanical and post-human character of the opera's expressive substance. A further valuable dimension is the inclusion of material taken from several recent interviews with creative collaborators Philip Glass, Robert Wilson, and Lucinda Childs, each of these sections comprising knee plays, or short intermezzo sections resembling those found in the opera \u003ci\u003eEinstein on the Beach \u003c\/i\u003eitself. The book additionally features a foreword written by the influential musicologist and cultural theorist Susan McClary and an interview with film and theater luminary Peter Greenaway, as well as a short chapter of reminiscences written by the singer-songwriter Suzanne Vega.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJelena Novak is Researcher at the Centre for the Study of the Sociology and Aesthetics of Music at NOVA University of Lisbon. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eOpera u doba medija (Opera in the Age of Media)\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePostopera: Reinventing the Voice-Body\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOperofilia\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn Richardson is Professor of Musicology at the University of Turku in Finland. His publications include \u003ci\u003eAn Eye for Music: Popular Music and the Audiovisual Surreal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSinging Archaeology: Philip Glass's Akhnaten\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of New Audiovisual Aesthetics \u003c\/i\u003e(eds. Richardson, Gorbman, and Vernallis).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 350\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.73 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53100496879923,"sku":"9781032082608","price":107.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/Zmpjc3BnSW5vNWhxVDBZeDRpL25tUT09.webp?v=1772486127","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/einstein-on-the-beach-opera-beyond-drama-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}