Live eventManchester
Einstein on the Beach
Manchester International FestivalManchester
29 May 2027 – 12 June 2027
11 scheduled performances
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Experience the gravitational pull of this iconic opera in a new production directed by Improbable’s Phelim McDermott and created for the present moment “The distinction between past, present and future is… a stubbornly persistent illusion.” – Albert Einstein Over a century ago, Albert Einstein changed how we see the universe through the power of human imagination, with his novel ideas on space, time and quantum physics. Fifty years ago, Philip Glass and Robert Wilson revolutionised opera with Einstein on the Beach, blowing open the possibilities of the genre by incorporating experimental…