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Tagged with: Opera

At SF Opera, a ‘Tristan and Isolde’ that’s hardly a tragedy

Eun Sun Kim's conducting is so masterful, she makes Wagner's five-hour tale of dramatic love and death almost fun.

Meet the makeup mastermind behind Terror Vault’s shocking aliens

Backstage at the 'Fatal Abduction' show, Jason Henricks works magic with prosthetics, color, and triple nipples.

Screen Grabs: Saoirse Ronan must ‘outrun’ her messy past

Plus: A slew of October horrors, Pavement drummer and Studio One docs, 'White Bird' drama, 'Eureka' art, 'Daaaaaali!'

Margaret Fisher at Other Minds: How do you choreograph for autonomous cellos?

Legendary dance-maker guides us through her work for Trimpin's 'Cello Quartet' at upcoming experimental music gathering.

Death is a vivid handshake in beguiling ‘Un Ballo in Maschera’

SF Opera's Verdi is taut and athletic under conductor Eun Sun Kim, with a game cast and striking costumes.

Screen Grabs: Behind the frock with dishy Merchant Ivory doc

Plus: Silent film's female greats, pre-Code perversions, 'Caligula'—and a week's worth of 'Chainsaw Massacre.'

Screen Grabs: Will chilling ‘War Game’ become a reality?

Plus: Low-down and raucous 'Cockfight,' Japanese mystery in 'Great Absence,' four Powell & Pressburger classics. Movie time!

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Cal Performances

Berkeley series' 119th season continues a visionary streak of diversity, from South African chamber opera to Brazilian folkloric ballet.

Screen Grabs: Hey SF, let’s get weird (the good kind)

Alamo Drafthouse dives in. Plus: Lynne Ramsay retrospective, 'Strange Darling,' 'Secret Art of Human Flight,' much more

Best of the Bay 2024 Editors’ Pick: Katya Smirnoff-Skyy

Stage queen serves polished pipes and pathos from Oasis to New Conservatory Theatre Center.