Einstein
Music by Paul Dessau · libretto by Karl Mickel · premiered 1974
Einstein is a 1974 opera by Paul Dessau to a libretto by Karl Mickel. It premiered on 16 February 1974. Einstein took longer for Dessau to compose than any of his other works, including four other operas. It began with a discussion between the composer and Bertolt Brecht shortly after the mathematician's death, but Brecht's death prevented its completion as a collaboration. It explores "the question of a scientist's responsibility to society for his inventions".
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About the Composer
Paul Dessau is the composer of record for this opera.
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