Continuing its exploration of Philip Glass’s operatic adaptations of Jean Cocteau’s films, Opera Parallèle presents a revival of La Belle et la Bête (Beauty and the Beast), a surrealist fairy tale brought to life through a fusion of live performance and cinematic projection. This dazzling multimedia production, previously lauded for its innovative integration of live action and film, features critically acclaimed New Zealand baritone Hadleigh Adams as La Bête/Avenant, a role he successfully originated for the company in 2022. Conductor Nicole Paiement and director Brian Staufenbiel will lead the creative team in this immersive experience, hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as “… a multi-veined phantasmagoria of sights and sounds, drama, pathos and humor.”