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from 14 to February 18, 2015
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La Belle et la Bête

Opéra de Philip Glass / Film de Jean Cocteau
Opera
Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique
Duration: about 1h30

Program

Distribution

Opéra pour film, voix et ensemble de Philip Glass
Film de Jean Cocteau
Philip Glass Ensemble
Michael Riesman , conducting, claviers
Hai-Ting Chinn , La Belle
Marie Mascari , Félicie, Adélaïde
Gregory Purnhagen , La Bête, L'Officier du Port, Avenant, Ardent
Peter Stewart , Le Père Ludovic
Philip Glass not only takes Jean Cocteau’s Beauty and the Beast as the source for this piece, recomposing the soundtrack for the 1946 masterpiece, he also sets the singers to keep pace with their roles in the film…The result is stunning, and Glass creates a kind of film opera brimming with heady tunes.
Karina-Canellakis

Salle des concerts - Cité de la musique

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Porte de Pantin station
Paris Underground (Métro) Line 5
Tram 3B 

Address

221 avenue Jean-Jaurès, 75019 Paris