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In the first of three performances Friday night at Zellerbach Hall, Philharmonia music director Nicholas McGegan led his orchestra, the Philharmonia Chorale and a large cast of singers, dancers and extras in this 18th century masterwork. The nearly three-hour opera sounded, well, glorious — as it suggested that satire, as a response to the politics of the day, is hardly a 21st century phenomenon. Rameau, who was considered the greatest French composer of his era, and his unconventional librettist, Voltaire, built “The Temple of Glory” on the story of three men vying to enter the sacred temple at Mount Parnassus, a spot reserved for larger-than-life heroes. Those candidates are the hawkish Bélus, the dissipated Bacchus and the genuinely good Roman emperor Trajan.

At age dancer necklace- ballet shoe charm, initial of your choice and an accent bead of your choice 59, Costner still fits the description given of him by movie scholar David Thomson in 2002’s “Biographical Dictionary of Film”: “He is not like others — he has resolved not to be.”, In April, the sports-movie veteran’s next one — “Draft Day” — is scheduled to open, Then there’s “McFarland,” about a Latino high school track team, There’s also a film with his “Upside of Anger” director, Mike Binder, titled “Black and White.” Speaking of that last one, Costner says, “I financed it, and it deals with racism.”..

Twitter on Wednesday introduced a new feature that allows users to search for GIFs and another tool to capture and share videos in direct messages. The San Francisco tech firm has struggled to attract new users to the social media site, reporting no user growth in the fourth quarter.  From October to December, the company had 320 million monthly active users, the same as the third quarter. Partnering with GIPHY and Riffsy, Twitter said that by clicking on the new GIF button users can search by keywords or browse categories such as Happy Dance or Hearts.

A powerful musical force in the Bay Area and a man of mercurial temperament, he had battled cancer and had briefly been in hospice care, “He had a bit of a bad-boy image, the enfant terrible … but he was about making great music, and dancer necklace- ballet shoe charm, initial of your choice and an accent bead of your choice the musicians, to a one, held him in highest regard,” said Andrew Bales, president of Symphony Silicon Valley, Cleve was to have conducted the orchestra’s opening program, Oct, 3-4 at the California Theatre, Bearded and shaggy-haired, Cleve was widely admired for his conducting of Mozart, Beethoven and Brahms, as well as the French repertory, He would walk on stage, lift his arms and, with an absolute minimum of gestures, bring forth delicate streams of music from an orchestra: “He would wiggle an eyebrow and the sound would change,” Bales said..

San Jose Stage. “Buried Child.” By Sam Shepard. Through March 11. San Jose Stage, 490 S. William St., San Jose. $20-$45 408-283-7142 or www.thestage.org. SF Playhouse. “Becky Shaw.” By Gina Gionfriddo. Through March 10. SF Playhouse, 533 Sutter St., San Francisco. $40-$70. 415-677-9596 or www.sfplayhouse.org. TheatreWorks. “Now Circa Then.” by Carly Mensch. West Coast premiere. Directed by Meredith McDonough. Previews: March 7-9. Opens March 10. Runs through April 1.TheatreWorks at Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. $19-$69 (savings available for students, educators and seniors). 650-463-1960 or theatreworks.org.