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Date
Wednesday, April 30, 2014 8:00PM
Name
The Philip Glass Ensemble
Description
Tickets: $23-48*
Prices include a $3.00 per ticket Facility Fee
UCSB Arts & Lectures Presents
THE PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE
Beauty and the Beast
(La Belle et la Bête)
Film by Jean Cocteau | Music by Philip Glass
Conducted by Michael Riesman
One of the most celebrated and unique works in Philip Glass’ recent career, his live interpretation of Jean Cocteau’s masterpiece La Belle et la Bête is also his most deeply personal and romantic. For this production, Glass removed the film’s soundtrack and replaced it with his own musical score played live by the Philip Glass Ensemble. The dialogue is also performed live by the vocalists who are synchronized with the actors in the film. This mythical, lush and sweeping love story is a tale for the ages.
“A beautiful, superbly integrated work… La Belle et la Bête is Glass’s best work in years.” Time magazine
“This is the best sort of film music.” The New Yorker
“A new form invented by Philip Glass, completely unexpected and absolutely successful.” Le Monde (Paris)
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