New York, NY, July 13, 2012— Beginning today, The Morgan Library & Museum presents Robert Wilson/Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach, a focused exhibition that marks the first public display of Glass's autograph score and the first time it has been united with Wilson's production storyboards since the opera premiered more than thirty-five years ago. The exhibition will remain on view through November 4.   

Also included in the exhibition is archival film from the production's premieres in Brussels and Paris, as well as an excerpt from a New York rehearsal, all selected from the Robert Wilson Audio/Visual Collection at the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. In addition, Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera, a documentary about the 1984 restaging of the production at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, is being screened throughout the run of the exhibition in the Morgan’s Gilder Lehrman Hall. Combining clips and interviews with Wilson and Glass, the film offers a rare look at their creative process and collaborative working method.

Exhibition-inspired programming will include the world premiere of "Stoker," a new work by Glass for piano four hands, performed by Maki Namekawa and frequent Glass collaborator Dennis Russell Davies, among other works.

Read the full press release here.

Organization and Sponsorship 

Robert Wilson/Philip Glass: Einstein on the Beach was organized by Fran Barulich, Mary Flagler Cary Curator, Department of Music Manuscripts and Printed Music.

This exhibition is made possible by the Charles E. Pierce, Jr. Fund for Exhibitions. 

The activities of The Morgan Library & Museum are made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

The Morgan Library & Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum began as the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan, one of the preeminent collectors and cultural benefactors in the United States. Today, more than a century after its founding in 1906, the Morgan serves as a museum, independent research library, musical venue, architectural landmark, and historic site. In October 2010, the Morgan completed the first-ever restoration of its original McKim building, Pierpont Morgan’s private library, and the core of the institution. In tandem with the 2006 expansion project by architect Renzo Piano, the Morgan now provides visitors unprecedented access to its world-renowned collections of drawings, literary and historical manuscripts, musical scores, medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, printed books, and ancient Near Eastern seals and tablets.

General Information
The Morgan Library & Museum
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New York, NY 10016-3405
212.685.0008
www.themorgan.org
Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station

Hours
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Admission
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Images:

Philip Glass and Robert Wilson during rehearsals of Einstein on the Beach in Avignon, France, 1976
Photo courtesy Philippe Gras

Philip Glass (b. 1937)
Title page from autograph manuscript, Einstein on the Beach
Collection of Paul Walter, on deposit at the Morgan Library & Museum
Used with permission
Photography: Anthony Troncale