Opera Parallèle's staging of Philip Glass' "La Belle et la Bête" delivers a spellbinding blend of opera and film in Berkeley.

Philip Glass is an old hand at scoring films. His 1994 work with Jean Cocteau's superb "La Belle et La Bte" (1946) is the second of a Cocteau trilogy including "Orphee" and "Les ...

In a rather astonishing blend of art forms -- opera, film, live enactments and video projections, Opera Parallele brings back its highly praised reworking of composer Philip Glass' own reworking ...

Philip Glass' "La Belle et la Bête" returns as Opera Parallèle blends Cocteau's 1946 film with live singers in a surreal, ...

Philip Glass is an old hand at scoring films. His 1994 work with Jean Cocteau's superb "La Belle et La Bête" (1946) is the second of a Cocteau trilogy including "Orphée" and "Les Enfants Terribles." ...

The curtain rises on one of San Francisco's most exciting arts events of the year next week as Opera Parallèle presents the world premiere of its innovative take on "La Belle et La Bête" (Beauty and ...

Jean Cocteau’s La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast) was long considered a masterpiece before Philip Glass decided to write an opera that would meld with the classic 1946 film on stage. Glass’ ...

Pour marquer le 60e anniversaire de la mort de Jean Cocteau, la Cinémathèque de Paris lui rend hommage du 15 au 26 novembre, à travers une rétrospective de son œuvre. L’occasion de découvrir ou ...