Janos Gereben wrote: >In a hugely ambitious undertaking, tiny Oakland Opera is producing an >unusual, fascinating, and rewarding version of Philip Glass' "La Belle >et la bete." Performances run through Oct. 2; for information, see >www.oaklandopera.org. I suppose I could answer this myself...but I haven't listened to anything new by Glass in about 15 years. Has his style evolved any? I am a bit curious as our local opera company will be staging a relatively new work of his next season. Karl