San Rafael Articles

Smith Rafael Film Center: Piaf, her story, her songs

by MerciSF | Dec 27, 2019 | Agenda, Movie, See All
Cinéma Edit Piaf French artist Raquel Bitton San Rafael Smith Rafael Film Center

Part documentary, part stage performance, this entertaining look at French chanteuse Edith Piaf tells her story through a terrific theatrical presentation by internationally praised French jazz singer Raquel Bitton, who literally becomes Piaf while singing, but steps...

Gounod’s Faust by the Royal Opera House live in San Rafael cinema

by Sabrina | May 15, 2019 | Agenda, Music, See All, Theater
Faust Faust by Gounod In French with English subtitles Royal Opera House San Rafael Smith Rafael Film Center

Bargaining with the Devil rarely ends well, but it’s certainly one hell of a ride! The classic struggle between good and evil, love and temptation, ambition and integrity gets the Royal Opera treatment in this handsome production studded with breathtaking...