{"id":48845,"date":"2018-07-10T23:46:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T06:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=48845"},"modified":"2018-07-10T23:50:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T06:50:08","slug":"la-belle-et-la-bete-by-philip-glass-comes-to-the-israeli-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=48845","title":{"rendered":"La Belle et la B\u00eate by Philip Glass Comes to the Israeli Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_48846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48846\" style=\"width: 1844px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/\u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2-\u00a9Larry-Ho-_-LA-Opera_10-28-00a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-48846 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/\u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2-\u00a9Larry-Ho-_-LA-Opera_10-28-00a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1844\" height=\"1150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/\u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2-\u00a9Larry-Ho-_-LA-Opera_10-28-00a.jpg 1844w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/\u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2-\u00a9Larry-Ho-_-LA-Opera_10-28-00a-300x187.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/\u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2-\u00a9Larry-Ho-_-LA-Opera_10-28-00a-768x479.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/\u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2-\u00a9Larry-Ho-_-LA-Opera_10-28-00a-1024x639.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/\u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2-\u00a9Larry-Ho-_-LA-Opera_10-28-00a-640x400.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/\u05d4\u05d9\u05e4\u05d4-\u05d5\u05d4\u05d7\u05d9\u05d4-\u05de\u05ea\u05d5\u05da-\u05d4\u05de\u05d5\u05e4\u05e2-\u00a9Larry-Ho-_-LA-Opera_10-28-00a-980x611.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1844px) 100vw, 1844px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-48846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">LOS ANGELES, CA. OCT. 28, 2017. LA Opera presents Jean Cocteau\u2019s 1946 cinematic masterpiece \u201cLa Belle et la B\u00eate\u201d.\u00a0(Photo Credit: Lawrence K. Ho)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The traditional fairy tale <em>La Belle et la B\u00eate<\/em> (Beauty and the Beast) is one of transformation, and in working with this theme, contemporary composer Philip Glass has created a work which unites and transforms the genres of film and opera. The Israeli Opera will present <em>La Belle et la B\u00eate<\/em>, an opera by Philip Glass. A live interpretation of Jean Cocteau&#8217;s classic film (1945), the dialogue is sung by four live singers onstage, synchronized to the action in the film, with music performed by the Philip Glass ensemble, while Cocteau&#8217;s film is projected onscreen. Performances will take place October 11 \u2013 13, 2018, with surtitles in English and Hebrew.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oxnQSfBdWUI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\nGlass views the tale as an allegory of the creative process, as he stated: &#8220;The journey in <em>La Belle et la B\u00eate<\/em> becomes a journey through the unconscious to the site of the creative \u2013 the artist going into himself. The film is about the transformation of half-beast\/half-human \u2013 which is what we are \u2013 to the state of the nobility of the artist. The Beast knows who he himself is, but he can&#8217;t be who he is. And isn&#8217;t that the very state we&#8217;re in when we&#8217;re trying to do our creative work? How do we become who we are?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In creating this work, Glass removed the soundtrack and original score by Georges Auric from Cocteau&#8217;s film, and composed new music for the opera, with the dialogue perfectly synchronized to the film. <em>La Belle et la B\u00eate<\/em> is the second in a trilogy of works Glass created in relation to Jean Cocteau&#8217;s work. In the first, the scenario from Cocteau&#8217;s <em>Orph\u00e9e<\/em> served as the inspiration for the libretto of a chamber opera, in which Glass visualized new imagery for the work. The third part in the trilogy is a dance\/theatre work based on Cocteau&#8217;s <em>Les Enfants Terrible<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of a prolific career, Glass has composed many operas, from <em>Einstein on the Beach<\/em> (1976), created with director Robert Wilson, with whom he also collaborated on <em>The CIVIL warS <\/em>(1984). In addition to opera, symphonies, concertos, and chamber music, Glass has composed music for dance, theatre, and film. One of the most memorable is his score for <em>Koyaanisqatsi<\/em> (1981), directed by Godfrey Reggio, a film without dialogue or narration, relying entirely on music and imagery. Born in 1937 in Baltimore, Maryland, Glass studied at the University of Chicago, and the Julliard School, as well as with Nadia Boulanger. He also worked with composer and sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar. Following a long sojourn in Europe, Glass returned to the U.S. in 1967 and founded the Philip Glass Ensemble. Although his music is typically referred to as &#8220;minimalist,&#8221; Glass prefers to refer to himself as a &#8220;composer of music with repetitive structures.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Performances will take place at the Israeli Opera:<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, October 11<sup>th<\/sup> at 20:00; Friday, October 12<sup>th<\/sup> at 13:00; Saturday, October 13<sup>th<\/sup> at 21:00. Ticket prices are from 195 NIS \u2013 445 NIS, and may be ordered from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.israel-opera.co.il\/eng\/?CategoryID=794&amp;ArticleID=2870\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Israeli Opera website.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The traditional fairy tale La Belle et la B\u00eate (Beauty and the Beast) is one of transformation, and in working with this theme, contemporary composer Philip Glass has created a work which unites and transforms the genres of film and opera. 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