Yseult

We returned to the darkness of the Stade de France, where the French singer Yseult performed an unusually subtle, sensitive version of “My Way,” whose English lyrics are by Paul Anka, but whose music, by Jacques Revaux, is French.

Yet Rice — a longtime St. Ann’s favorite for productions including “Brief Encounter” and “Tristan & Yseult” — makes certain that this beguiling “Wuthering Heights” is no carnival of gloom.

One striking image from French singer Yseult’s dark and moody “Noir” music video — a shirtless dancer wearing a diamond choker, diamond earrings and a red do-rag — became a source of inspiration for filmmaker Anaiis Cisco.

Stylization has long been Rice’s long suit; in “Brief Encounter,” “The Red Shoes,” “Tristan & Yseult” and other productions for Kneehigh, the theater where she made her name, she dialed character reality down to nearly zero in order to wow with sensation.

This same theatrical complexity has been on display during Southern California’s two previous meetings with Kneehigh: “Brief Encounter” at the Wallis in Beverly Hills in 2014, and “Tristan & Yseult” at South Coast Repertory in Costa Mesa in 2015.