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Review: Opera Parallèle stages engaging multimedia ‘La Belle et La Bête’  

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.”  At Glass’ invitation, Opera Paralèlle directors Brian Staufenbiel and Nicole Paiement created a new multimedia production of the work, presented by Cal Performances in Berkeley’s Zellerbach Hall over the weekend. In Glass’ most surreal […]

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