Robert Wilson from Within

Perhaps the world's foremost avant-garde theater artist, Robert Wilson (born 1941) ranges across opera, theater, visual arts, video, furniture and set design in his pursuit of astounding multimedia spectacles. Susan Sontag wrote of his career, "It has the signature of a major artistic creation. I can't think of any body of work as large or as influential." Wilson's legendary operatic work with Philip Glass, Einstein on the Beach, upended operatic conventions, and Wilson has also left his mark on masterworks of the classical repertoire, such as The Magic Fluteand Madame Butterfly; modern classics such as The Threepenny Opera; and theater, such as Hamlet, Orlando, Quartett, Happy Daysand Lulu. Robert Wilson from Withincelebrates the achievements of this "total artist," from his earliest works to his latest, The Life and Death of Marina Abramovi?. World renowned artists, composers, actors, writers, theater directors, costume designers, scenographers, scholars and curators give their perspectives on Wilson's work, accompanied by a selection of personal images chosen and annotated by Wilson plus a catalogue raisonné of all works, with full production information.