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

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

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 ...

There's a message in 'La Bete' pertaining to the corruption of art in a populist culture and it certainly resonates today. But even more resonant is the mastery of craft on such vivid display. The fly ...