Robert Wilson

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Robert Wilson is an American experimental theater stage director and playwright. Over the course of his wide-ranging career, he has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer.

Most Popular Robert Wilson Trailers

Total trailers found: 34

Annie Leibovitz: Life Through a Lens Trailer (2007)

19 May 2007

An account of the professional and personal life of renowned American photographer Annie Leibovitz, from her early artistic endeavors to her international success as a photojournalist, war reporter, and pop culture chronicler.

Alceste Trailer (1999)

31 December 1999

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Gluck’s 1776 French version of “Alceste” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

Jack Smith and the Destruction of Atlantis Trailer (2007)

11 April 2007

In this entrancing documentary on performance artist, photographer and underground filmmaker Jack Smith, photographs and rare clips of Smith's performances and films punctuate interviews with artists, critics, friends and foes to create an engaging portrait of the artist.

The Lost Paradise Trailer (2015)

08 September 2015

He is the most performed contemporary composer in the world. And yet he rarely ventures out in public, prefers to keep quiet about his music, feels at home in the forests of Estonia and generates therewith - perhaps involuntarily - the impression of a recluse, which is attributed to him again and again: Arvo Part.

Video 50 Trailer (1978)

02 February 1978

Produced in an era before 24-hour programming cycles, Video 50 was initially used as a late night filler on TV stations in Germany, France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

La mort de Molière Trailer (1994)

17 January 1994

A collaboration in which Robert Wilson and Heiner Müller let Molière die, imagine his death in tableaux with text passages recited by Müller himself.

A Winter Fable Trailer (2017)

25 February 2017

A Winter Fable is a story told by the triptych of video portraits of a wolf, a fox, and a lamb with a score that is composed of music by Coco Rosie, and readings of the original fable by Italo Calvino’s daughter Giovanna Calvino and her friend Isabella Rossellini.

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande Trailer (2012)

01 March 2012

Debussy's masterpiece, for the first time conducted by the Paris Opera's music director Philippe Jordan, in the fairy staging by Robert Wilson.

Einstein on the Beach Trailer (2014)

07 January 2014

This seminal work of avant-garde opera from composer Philip Glass and director Robert Wilson arrives full-circle, coming to France, the site of its 1976 Avignon Festival world premiere, at the tail end of this 2014 revival tour for a landmark Theâtre du Châtelet production and a first ever filming by award-winning arts filmmaker Don Kent.

BAM150 Trailer (2012)

27 April 2012

A captivating history of the nation's oldest performing arts center - which largely mirrors the evolution of experimental and progressive performing arts in 20th century America - BAM150 chronicles the vibrant past, present and future of the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Shakespeare’s Sonnets Trailer (2009)

05 December 2009

US stage director Robert Wilson has teamed up with pop star Rufus Wainwright to bring Shakespeare’s sonnets to the stage in Berlin.

Voom Portraits Trailer (2007)

01 October 2007

Iconic artist and theater director Robert Wilson has created a series of video portraits of celebrities, ordinary people and animals called "VOOM Portraits.

Le Trouvère Trailer (2019)

01 September 2019

"This is a family tragedy, and in many ways, it is a very contemporary story." This is how Robert Wilson described Il trovatore, or Le Trouvère in its French version, commissioned from Verdi after the incredible success of the premiere of his Italian version in 1853.

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice Trailer (2000)

01 December 2000

Film recording of Robert Wilson’s stage production of the opera by Gluck. John Eliot Gardiner conducts Berlioz’s 1859 revision of Gluck’s opera “Orphée et Eurydice” at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris.

The Art of Time Trailer (2009)

10 October 2009

Explores some of the most innovative attempts by contemporary artists, filmmakers, architects etc to explore multiple Temporalities and to counter the uniform sense of time promoted by our technology-driven society.

Do Not Be Anxious — Be Fast And Be Quiet Trailer (2010)

01 January 2010

L'Orfeo Trailer (2009)

01 January 2009

Rinaldo Alessandrini, one of the most eminent baroque and pre-baroque music specialist, conducts Monteverdi's Orfeo, performed by singers who have been working with the Maestro for many years, and who now play in the middle of Robert Wilson's fairy sets.

Adam's Passion Trailer (2015)

08 September 2015

Adam’s Passion is the moving first collaboration between two “masters of slow motion who harmonize perfectly with each other” (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung).

Stations Trailer (1982)

01 January 1982

Stations is an enigmatic, hauntingly vivid work, in which Wilson envisions the daydreams and fantasies of an eleven-year-old boy as a universe both magical and sinister.

Händel / Mozart: Der Messias Trailer (2020)

14 August 2020

Known as a creator of astonishing images, stage director and visual artist Robert Wilson delivers a magnificent production of Mozart’s adaption of Handel’s Messias.

Robert Wilson: The Beauty of the Mysterious Trailer (2022)

16 January 2022

We look back at more than half a century of mysterious artistic creation while trying to crack a unique artistic code.

Deafman Glance Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

A somber, menacing woman washes white dishes and a gleaming carving knife, pours milk into a glass, and then slowly attacks first one young boy and then another.

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars Trailer (1987)

14 September 1987

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars is an in-depth documentation of Robert Wilson’s ambitious attempt to stage an epic, twelve-hour, multinational opera for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

The Black Rider Trailer (1990)

12 June 1990

Inspired by the German folktale, Wilhelm, a file clerk, falls in love with a huntsman's daughter. In order to marry, Wilhelm must prove his worth as a hunter and gain her father's approval.

Turandot Trailer (2020)

22 May 2020

After twenty years of absence, Puccini’s Turandot was revived on the stage of the Teatro Real in a new production by American stage director Robert Wilson.

Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic Trailer (2012)

12 September 2012

This hourlong semi-documentary records the musical stage collaboration between director Robert Wilson and veteran performance artist Marina Abramovic.

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera Trailer (1985)

14 October 1985

The creative processes of avant-garde composer Philip Glass and progressive director/designer Robert Wilson are examined in this film.

Absolute Wilson Trailer (2006)

06 April 2006

Documentary from Katharina Otto pays homage to famed stage designer Robert Wilson, who overcame childhood learning disabilities growing up in Waco, Texas, and rose to become one of the most respected avant-garde artists in late 1960s New York.

Verdi: La Traviata Trailer (2016)

17 June 2016

Giuseppe Verdi based his famous opera on the novel “The Lady of the Camellias” by Alexandre Dumas.

The Black Rider Trailer (1990)

01 June 1990

A behind-the-scenes documentary of "The Black Rider/Der schwarze Reiter" or "The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets" a "musical fable" in the avant-garde tradition created through the collaboration of theatre director Robert Wilson, musician Tom Waits, and writer William S.

Les Fables Trailer (2005)

01 July 2005

The King is Dead Trailer (2025)

24 April 2025

When Robert Wilson was a child, he told his teacher he wanted to be a king. The film takes this premise as a point of departure to explore the figure of monarchs through the lens of the theatre of the absurd (Gogol, Jarry, Beckett).

The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera Trailer (1973)

21 December 1973

A full recording of an all-night performance of Robert Wilson's The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera.

La femme à la cafetière Trailer (1989)

01 January 1989

Robert Wilson and the dancer Suzushi Hanayagi bring to life Paul Cezanne’s painting, “La Femme à la Cafetière”.