Two decades after its creation, Philip Glass' "La Belle et la Bête" ("Beauty and the Beast") retains its power to amaze and enchant an audience. This genre-spanning adaptation of the classic Jean ...

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 ...

Repeated viewings underline the darkness of the opening scenes; for all the shocks and surprises lurking in the Beast’s castle, the real horrors are to be found in normal life. Josette Day’s feisty ...

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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’ ...

Composer’s genre-defying ‘La Belle et la Bete’ will be performed to Jean Cocteau’s classic 1946 film. Josette Day and Jean Marais in Jean Cocteau's "The Beauty and the Beast." The 1946 film will be ...

IT IS a brave French director who takes on Jean Cocteau’s best-loved film, to say nothing of its Disney cousin. “La Belle et la Bête”, made in 1946, is seen by some as not only the multifaceted poet’s ...

The film was also a chance for Cocteau to give his male lead Jean Marais a less overtly sexy role than his fans were used to, though there’s still a lot of smouldering going on, some of it literal.