Lecture Schedule
Kip Cranna
Dramaturg
San Francisco Opera
301 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 565-6412
kcranna@sfopera.com
Revised: May 17, 2019
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March 22, 2019: Kip talks about “Opera For Laughs” at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco
San Francisco Opera's Dramaturg Kip Cranna will share video clips of some of his favorite amusing moments in opera to explore what makes comic opera truly funny.
Friday, Mar 22, 2019, 1:00pm. FREE
3200 California Street | San Francisco, CA 94118 | 415.292.1200
https://www.jccsf.org/adult/older-adults/daytime-lectures-performances/music-dance-theater-lectures/opera-for-laughs-great-comic-moments/
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March 25, 2019: Kip talks about “Opera for Laughs” for Sixty-Plus at San Francisco State University
1:00pm
Rosa Parks Room, Cesar Chavez Student Center
650 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
http://sixtyplussf.org/upcoming_events
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April 2-May 7, 2019: Kip teaches “The Magic of Mozart” at UC Berkeley’s Osher Lifelong Learning Center (OLLI)
Tuesdays 1:00-3:00pm, Freight and Salvage,
2020 Addison
Berkeley, CA 94720
https://olli.berkeley.edu/
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April 17, 2019: Kip interviews authors Dianne Hales and Frances Mayes at the Italian Cultural Center
Kip talks (in English!) with Dianne Hales about her new book La Passione: How Italy Seduced the World, and with Frances Mayes about her new book See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy.
Ms. Hales’ recent books include Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, and Ms. Mayes is well known for her book Under the Tuscan Sun.
6:30-8:30pm
Italian Cultural Center
601 Van Ness Ave. (Opera Plaza Building)
San Francisco, CA 94102
For details go to this link and clink on the English version:
https://iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/iic_sanfrancisco/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2019/04/a-passion-for-italy.html
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May 1, 2019: Kip talks at the Commonwealth Club of California about Jake Heggie’s new opera If I Were You.
Kip is joined by composer Jake Heggie and conductor Nicole Paiement.
6:00pm
Commonwealth Club of Northern California
110 The Embarcadero
Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium
San Francisco, 94105
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2019-05-01/new-faustian-opera-if-i-were-you
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May 15, 2019: Kip talks about “The Magic of Mozart” at the Jewish Community Center, San Francisco
1:00pm FREE
3200 California Street, San Francisco 94118 |415 292 1200
https://www.jccsf.org/adult/older-adults/daytime-lectures-performances/music-dance-theater-lectures/
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June 14, 2019, 3:00pm: Kip teaches a Master Class at Holy Names University:
Sixth Annual JTVA Vocal Competition Weekend
Valley Center for the Performing Arts at Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland, CA
http://www.jamestolandvocalarts.org/the-competition/#the-annual-competition
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June 18, 2019: Kip joins theater director Carey Perloff and filmmaker Jon Else for: The Faust Myth on Stage and Screen
A deal with the devil. An offer he can’t refuse. Countless works of theater and cinema are steeped in the myth of Faust – including this summer’s world premiere opera by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer,If I Were You, commissioned by the Merola Opera Program. In If I Were You, the Faust character is a disenchanted young writer and the devil character is a beautiful woman. Kip will discuss with Carey and Jon how this timeless myth has been depicted in opera, film, and on the theatrical stage, with lots of video examples.
Tuesday, June 18, 6:30 pm
The Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
For tickets and information:
https://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/the-faust-myth-on-stage-and-screen/?instance_id=
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June 23, 2019: Kip interviews composer Tom Cipullo and director Erica Parce about the new operaThe Parting.
A commission by Music of Remembrance
6:45pm, Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., San Francisco
Followed by the performance at 7:30pm.
For more information:
https://www.musicofremembrance.org/concert/san-francisco-concert-parting
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July, 2019: Kip talks with librettist Gene Scheer about his new opera If I Were You, written with composer Jake Heggie.
If I Were You - Preview Lecture: San Francisco
Tuesday, July 16, 7:30 pm
USF Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning (660 Parker Ave, San Francisco, CA 94117)
If I Were You - Preview Lecture: East Bay
Saturday, July 20, 2:00 pm
Lafayette Library (3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA 94549)
If I Were You - Preview Lecture: Palo Alto
Monday, July 22, 2:00 pm
Palo Alto Library, Rinconada Branch - Embarcadero Room (1213 Newell Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303)
If I Were You - Preview Lecture: Los Gatos
Monday, July 22, 7:30 pm
Addison-Penzak JCC (14855 Oka Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032)
For details go to:
https://merola.org/calendar
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October 11 -- November 1, 2019 (various dates): Kip gives the 30-minute pre-performance talks for San Francisco Opera's performances of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Free for ticket-holders to the performance.6:30 pm. 1:00 pm. for matinees), i.e., one hour before the performance begins.For more information:
https://sfopera.com/discover-opera/education/community-programs/pre-opera-talks/
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Kip Cranna, Dramaturg
San Francisco Opera
War Memorial Opera House
301 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 565-6412
*************************************
March 22, 2019: Kip talks about “Opera For Laughs” at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco
San Francisco Opera's Dramaturg Kip Cranna will share video clips of some of his favorite amusing moments in opera to explore what makes comic opera truly funny.
Friday, Mar 22, 2019, 1:00pm. FREE
3200 California Street | San Francisco, CA 94118 | 415.292.1200
https://www.jccsf.org/adult/older-adults/daytime-lectures-performances/music-dance-theater-lectures/opera-for-laughs-great-comic-moments/
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March 25, 2019: Kip talks about “Opera for Laughs” for Sixty-Plus at San Francisco State University
1:00pm
Rosa Parks Room, Cesar Chavez Student Center
650 Holloway Ave, San Francisco, CA 94132
http://sixtyplussf.org/upcoming_events
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April 2-May 7, 2019: Kip teaches “The Magic of Mozart” at UC Berkeley’s Osher Lifelong Learning Center (OLLI)
Tuesdays 1:00-3:00pm, Freight and Salvage,
2020 Addison
Berkeley, CA 94720
https://olli.berkeley.edu/
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April 17, 2019: Kip interviews authors Dianne Hales and Frances Mayes at the Italian Cultural Center
Kip talks (in English!) with Dianne Hales about her new book La Passione: How Italy Seduced the World, and with Frances Mayes about her new book See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy.
Ms. Hales’ recent books include Bella Lingua: My Love Affair with Italian, and Ms. Mayes is well known for her book Under the Tuscan Sun.
6:30-8:30pm
Italian Cultural Center
601 Van Ness Ave. (Opera Plaza Building)
San Francisco, CA 94102
For details go to this link and clink on the English version:
https://iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/iic_sanfrancisco/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2019/04/a-passion-for-italy.html
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May 1, 2019: Kip talks at the Commonwealth Club of California about Jake Heggie’s new opera If I Were You.
Kip is joined by composer Jake Heggie and conductor Nicole Paiement.
6:00pm
Commonwealth Club of Northern California
110 The Embarcadero
Toni Rembe Rock Auditorium
San Francisco, 94105
https://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/2019-05-01/new-faustian-opera-if-i-were-you
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May 15, 2019: Kip talks about “The Magic of Mozart” at the Jewish Community Center, San Francisco
1:00pm FREE
3200 California Street, San Francisco 94118 |415 292 1200
https://www.jccsf.org/adult/older-adults/daytime-lectures-performances/music-dance-theater-lectures/
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June 14, 2019, 3:00pm: Kip teaches a Master Class at Holy Names University:
Sixth Annual JTVA Vocal Competition Weekend
Valley Center for the Performing Arts at Holy Names University
3500 Mountain Boulevard, Oakland, CA
http://www.jamestolandvocalarts.org/the-competition/#the-annual-competition
*************************************
June 18, 2019: Kip joins theater director Carey Perloff and filmmaker Jon Else for: The Faust Myth on Stage and Screen
A deal with the devil. An offer he can’t refuse. Countless works of theater and cinema are steeped in the myth of Faust – including this summer’s world premiere opera by Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer,If I Were You, commissioned by the Merola Opera Program. In If I Were You, the Faust character is a disenchanted young writer and the devil character is a beautiful woman. Kip will discuss with Carey and Jon how this timeless myth has been depicted in opera, film, and on the theatrical stage, with lots of video examples.
Tuesday, June 18, 6:30 pm
The Roxie Theater, 3117 16th St, San Francisco, CA 94103
For tickets and information:
https://www.roxie.com/ai1ec_event/the-faust-myth-on-stage-and-screen/?instance_id=
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June 23, 2019: Kip interviews composer Tom Cipullo and director Erica Parce about the new operaThe Parting.
A commission by Music of Remembrance
6:45pm, Concert Hall, San Francisco Conservatory of Music, 50 Oak St., San Francisco
Followed by the performance at 7:30pm.
For more information:
https://www.musicofremembrance.org/concert/san-francisco-concert-parting
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July, 2019: Kip talks with librettist Gene Scheer about his new opera If I Were You, written with composer Jake Heggie.
If I Were You - Preview Lecture: San Francisco
Tuesday, July 16, 7:30 pm
USF Fromm Institute for Lifelong Learning (660 Parker Ave, San Francisco, CA 94117)
If I Were You - Preview Lecture: East Bay
Saturday, July 20, 2:00 pm
Lafayette Library (3491 Mt Diablo Blvd, Lafayette, CA 94549)
If I Were You - Preview Lecture: Palo Alto
Monday, July 22, 2:00 pm
Palo Alto Library, Rinconada Branch - Embarcadero Room (1213 Newell Rd, Palo Alto, CA 94303)
If I Were You - Preview Lecture: Los Gatos
Monday, July 22, 7:30 pm
Addison-Penzak JCC (14855 Oka Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032)
For details go to:
https://merola.org/calendar
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October 11 -- November 1, 2019 (various dates): Kip gives the 30-minute pre-performance talks for San Francisco Opera's performances of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro. Free for ticket-holders to the performance.6:30 pm. 1:00 pm. for matinees), i.e., one hour before the performance begins.For more information:
https://sfopera.com/discover-opera/education/community-programs/pre-opera-talks/
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Kip Cranna, Dramaturg
San Francisco Opera
War Memorial Opera House
301 Van Ness Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 565-6412