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Opera Parallele

March 13 at 8pm - May 31

At Cal Performances

Southside, Berkeley

"a multi-veined phantasmagoria of sights and sounds" (SF Chronicle)
Reserve parking when you buy tickets
Live audio description available for blind guests

Philip Glass's hypnotic score breathes through Jean Cocteau's 1946 film as singers and shadows merge on stage. A dreamlike collision of cinema and opera that dissolves the line between what's watched and what's lived.

What are you into?

  • Philip Glass opera
  • Film-opera fusion
  • Dreamlike fantasy
  • Classic fairy tale reimagined
  • Cal Performances
  • Southside
  • Berkeley

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