Philip Glass: Orphée

Ensemble Parallèle will perform Orphée, Philip Glass's opera based on the Jean Cocteau film, on February 26-27, 2011, at San Francisco's Herbst Theater.


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Ensemble Parallèle is a non-profit professional music organization devoted to contemporary chamber opera and multidisciplinary projects at affordable ticket prices for San Francisco Bay Area audiences. Over the years, the Ensemble has premiered and recorded many new operas and collaborated with various artists, reaching out to other art forms to work with them—as the Ensemble's name suggests—in parallel.

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Happy Birthday, Paul Bowles

Ensemble Parallèle will participate in the celebration of Paul Bowles' 100 year birthday celebration by performing the West-Coast premiere of three works. Choreographer Tandy Beal joins the Ensemble for the occasion. (4th February 2011).