MUSIC USA
LA BELLE
ET LA BÊTE
PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE
M T W
OCTOBER
10 11 12
17 18 19
T F S
06 07 08
13 14 15
20 21 22
S
09
16
23
FRI — SAT 7PM / SAT also 2PM
1 hr 30 mins, no interval
Premium $109
A Reserve $89 / $79
B Reserve $79 / $69
Students $25
Transaction fees may apply
www.festival.melbourne
Melbourne Recital Centre
03 9699 3333
Music PHILIP GLASS // Film JEAN COCTEAU
Conductor MICHAEL RIESMAN
Vocalists HAI-TING CHINN, MARIE MASCARI,
GREGORY PURNHAGEN & PETER STEWART
The spellbinding powers of a silver screen masterpiece
are recast anew by an artist who has redefined both
film and music.
Jean Cocteau stands as the twentieth century’s grand
virtuoso of cinematic illusion, and his 1946 film
adaptation of the classic Beauty and the Beast is an
opalescent ode to the transformative powers of love
and art.
In a gesture across history from one master to
another, Philip Glass has worked his own alchemical
magic around this shimmering spectacle. The
modern maestro has composed a classical opera,
replacing the film’s original soundtrack and dialogue.
Performed live by the Philip Glass Ensemble, the
result is an entirely unique synthesis of opera
and film.
Funded by
donations from the
With support from
#melbfest
Sung in French with English surtitles
“A beautiful, superbly
integrated work…
La Belle et la Bête
is Glass’s best work
in years.” ~ TIME MAGAZINE
AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
ELISABETH MURDOCH HALL
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