Philip Glass is an old hand at scoring films. His 1994 work with Jean Cocteau's superb "La Belle et La Bête" (1946) is the second of a Cocteau trilogy including "Orphée" and "Les Enfants Terribles." ...

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’ ...