Einstein on the Beach was a seminal work of opera that broke all the rules being non-linear non-narrative episodic dreamlike and five hours long. A collaborative creation between Glass and theatrical director Robert Wilson it was described by one critic as ‘a mixture of mathematical clarity and mystical allure’. The subject of the play is the life of Albert Einstein. The subject of this book is the complete libretto as well as a description ofthe creation of the work biographies discographies lists of works photographs and complete credits for the original work. For any admirer of Philip Glass Robert Wilson or modern opera this book is a necessity.Americancomposer Philip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music withrepetitive structures.’ His operas including the renowned Einstein On The Beach are performed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his ownperforming group The Philip Glass Ensemble.

El Retablo De Maese Pedro was one of most beautiful works of the widely-known Spanish composer Manuel of Falla. The artist who was a friend of Picasso Stravinsky of Ravel and Poulenc created El Retablo De MaesePedro in 1923 for the countess of Polignac.

Paul Griffiths says 'The piece is full of clever and beautiful things; the early scenes proceed almost in convulsions of orchestral brilliance within a marvellously clear and animated world whose chief references sometimes explicit are to Ravel and Stravinsky. The scene with the pig is deliciously rich in bass gruntings; that with the milkman cat mixes Marx brohters dialogue with a sophisticated recreation of low musical gags'.The Times 6 August 1985