American singer Lady Gaga returned to a massive audience for the first time in eight years to headline the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival on Friday night, dancing with model skeletons, fighting a dancer dressed as a monster and serving up a surprise encore.

Inspired by the Metropolitan Opera’s production of Hansel and Gretel, a fashion fairy tale of white frocks unfolds.

In her first headlining Coachella performance in 8 years, Lady Gaga made the desert her very own gothic opera house.