Robert Wilson

Directing · 1941–2025 · Waco, Texas, USA

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.

Known for

8.2

Einstein on the Beach

2014 · Director

7.5

The Black Rider

1990 · Director

5.7

Video 50

1978 · Director

8.5

Adam's Passion

2015 · Director

9.5

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice

2000 · Director

10.0

Voom Portraits

2007 · Director

6.5

Stations

1982 · Director

7.0

Alceste

1999 · Director

8.0

La mort de Molière

1994 · Director

8.0

Shakespeare’s Sonnets

2009 · Director

6.0

Deafman Glance

1981 · Director

Les Fables

2005 · Director

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Turandot

2020 · Director

Händel / Mozart: Der Messias

2020 · Director

Le Trouvère

2019 · Director

A Winter Fable

2017 · Director

Verdi: La Traviata

2016 · Director

8.5

Adam's Passion

2015 · Director

8.2

Einstein on the Beach

2014 · Director

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande

2012 · Director

8.0

Shakespeare’s Sonnets

2009 · Director

L'Orfeo

2009 · Director

10.0

Voom Portraits

2007 · Director

Les Fables

2005 · Director

9.5

Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice

2000 · Director

7.0

Alceste

1999 · Director

8.0

La mort de Molière

1994 · Director

7.5

The Black Rider

1990 · Director

La femme à la cafetière

1989 · Director

6.5

Stations

1982 · Director

Created

7.5

The Black Rider

1990 · Creator

Acting

The King is Dead

2025

6.4

Absolute Wilson

2006

8.0

La mort de Molière

1994 · Molière

9.0

Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars

1987

9.0

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera

1985 · director (himself)

5.7

Video 50

1978

The Life and Times of Joseph Stalin: An Opera

1973