Lecture Schedule
Kip Cranna
Dramaturg Emeritus
San Francisco Opera
kcranna@gmail.com
(415) 816 3285
Revised: January 12, 2020
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January 17-March 6, 2020: Kip teaches “The Richness of Rossini: The Amazing Operas of a Bel Canto Master”
8 Fridays, 1:30-3:15pm
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), Dominican University
Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr., Novato, CA 94949
For Info:
https://www.dominican.edu/academics/osher/66629-dominican-olli-course-brochure-winter-2020-final.pdf
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January 21-March 3, 2020: Kip teaches “Viva Verdi! Opera and the Birth of Modern Italy”
6 Tuesdays (not Feb. 11), 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), U. C. Berkeley
Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley, CA 94720
For info:
https://olli.berkeley.edu/programs/courses/viva-verdi-opera-and-birth-modern-italy
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February 8, 2020, 1;00pm: Kip talks about “Wagner in His Youth: How Beethoven and Bellini Won His Heart.”
Wagner Society of Northern California
San Francisco Jewish Community Center
200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118
The Young Richard Wagner was influenced by many different styles in his early years. San Francisco Opera's Dramaturg Emeritus Kip Cranna will explore the life and works of the teenage and twenty-something composer and conductor, with video excerpts to illustrate the early influences on the future operatic giant, sampling early compositions inspired by Beethoven and the Bel Canto Composers.
For info:
https://www.wagnersf.org/node/2660
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February 11, 2020, 2:00pm: Kip talks about “I Hear America Singing: Adventures in American Opera”
In conjunction with Palm Springs Modernism Week
Palm Springs Opera Guild
Rancho Mirage Library
77100 Hwy 111
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
https://palmspringsoperaguild.org/event-calendar-2/#!event/2020/2/11/who-apos-s-afraid-of-opera-part-3
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February 20, 2020, 1:00pm: Kip talks about “Let Freedom Sing: Operas About Liberation”
San Francisco Jewish Community Center
200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118
Ideas about liberty and freedom from oppression have inspired opera composers through the centuries.
https://www.jccsf.org/events/daytime-programs/music-dance-theater-lectures/let-freedom-sing-operas-about-liberation/
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February 28, 2020, 7:30pm: Kip talks about “Etruscans at the Opera: Highlights from Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia”
Humanities West: Etruscan Italy: Life & Afterlife
Marines Memorial Theater, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Tradition holds that the rape of the Roman noblewoman Lucretia by the Etruscan Prince Tarquinius sparked the overthrow of the Roman monarchy and the birth of the Republic. Benjamin Britten’s eloquent chamber opera tells the story in music of haunting beauty. The cast of four talented singers features Chantal Grybas as Lucretia, Eugene Brancoveanu as the Etruscan Tarquinius, and Hope Briggs and Christopher Colmenero as the Female and Male Chorus (Narrators), with Kevin Korth, piano.
For info:
https://humanitieswest.net/etruscan-italy-life-and-afterlife-february-28-29-2020/
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March 4, 2020, 1:00pm: Kip talks about “Purim in Song: Operas About Esther”
San Francisco Jewish Community Center
200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118
The famous Biblical heroine Esther, whose story is celebrated in observances of the Jewish holiday Purim, has been the subject of numerous operas and other musical works. San Francisco Opera Dramaturg Emeritus Kip Cranna will take you on an audio and video journey through widely varying musical interpretations of the Purim story.
For info:
https://www.jccsf.org/events/daytime-programs/music-dance-theater-lectures/purim-in-song-operas-about-esther/
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May 18-20, 2020: Kip gives the San Francisco Opera Guild Preview Lectures on San Francisco Opera’s June-July 2020 performances of Verdi’s Ernani.
Various Locations: Mill Valley, San Francisco, Los Gatos, and Lafayette.
For dates, times, and locations:
https://sfopera.com/discover-opera/education/community-programs/opera-previews/Ernani1/
Kip Cranna
Dramaturg Emeritus
San Francisco Opera
kcranna@gmail.com
(415) 816 3285
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January 17-March 6, 2020: Kip teaches “The Richness of Rossini: The Amazing Operas of a Bel Canto Master”
8 Fridays, 1:30-3:15pm
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), Dominican University
Unity in Marin, 600 Palm Dr., Novato, CA 94949
For Info:
https://www.dominican.edu/academics/osher/66629-dominican-olli-course-brochure-winter-2020-final.pdf
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January 21-March 3, 2020: Kip teaches “Viva Verdi! Opera and the Birth of Modern Italy”
6 Tuesdays (not Feb. 11), 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI), U. C. Berkeley
Freight and Salvage, 2020 Addison, Berkeley, CA 94720
For info:
https://olli.berkeley.edu/programs/courses/viva-verdi-opera-and-birth-modern-italy
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February 8, 2020, 1;00pm: Kip talks about “Wagner in His Youth: How Beethoven and Bellini Won His Heart.”
Wagner Society of Northern California
San Francisco Jewish Community Center
200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118
The Young Richard Wagner was influenced by many different styles in his early years. San Francisco Opera's Dramaturg Emeritus Kip Cranna will explore the life and works of the teenage and twenty-something composer and conductor, with video excerpts to illustrate the early influences on the future operatic giant, sampling early compositions inspired by Beethoven and the Bel Canto Composers.
For info:
https://www.wagnersf.org/node/2660
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February 11, 2020, 2:00pm: Kip talks about “I Hear America Singing: Adventures in American Opera”
In conjunction with Palm Springs Modernism Week
Palm Springs Opera Guild
Rancho Mirage Library
77100 Hwy 111
Rancho Mirage, CA 92270
https://palmspringsoperaguild.org/event-calendar-2/#!event/2020/2/11/who-apos-s-afraid-of-opera-part-3
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February 20, 2020, 1:00pm: Kip talks about “Let Freedom Sing: Operas About Liberation”
San Francisco Jewish Community Center
200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118
Ideas about liberty and freedom from oppression have inspired opera composers through the centuries.
https://www.jccsf.org/events/daytime-programs/music-dance-theater-lectures/let-freedom-sing-operas-about-liberation/
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February 28, 2020, 7:30pm: Kip talks about “Etruscans at the Opera: Highlights from Benjamin Britten’s The Rape of Lucretia”
Humanities West: Etruscan Italy: Life & Afterlife
Marines Memorial Theater, 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA 94102
Tradition holds that the rape of the Roman noblewoman Lucretia by the Etruscan Prince Tarquinius sparked the overthrow of the Roman monarchy and the birth of the Republic. Benjamin Britten’s eloquent chamber opera tells the story in music of haunting beauty. The cast of four talented singers features Chantal Grybas as Lucretia, Eugene Brancoveanu as the Etruscan Tarquinius, and Hope Briggs and Christopher Colmenero as the Female and Male Chorus (Narrators), with Kevin Korth, piano.
For info:
https://humanitieswest.net/etruscan-italy-life-and-afterlife-february-28-29-2020/
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March 4, 2020, 1:00pm: Kip talks about “Purim in Song: Operas About Esther”
San Francisco Jewish Community Center
200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118
The famous Biblical heroine Esther, whose story is celebrated in observances of the Jewish holiday Purim, has been the subject of numerous operas and other musical works. San Francisco Opera Dramaturg Emeritus Kip Cranna will take you on an audio and video journey through widely varying musical interpretations of the Purim story.
For info:
https://www.jccsf.org/events/daytime-programs/music-dance-theater-lectures/purim-in-song-operas-about-esther/
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May 18-20, 2020: Kip gives the San Francisco Opera Guild Preview Lectures on San Francisco Opera’s June-July 2020 performances of Verdi’s Ernani.
Various Locations: Mill Valley, San Francisco, Los Gatos, and Lafayette.
For dates, times, and locations:
https://sfopera.com/discover-opera/education/community-programs/opera-previews/Ernani1/
Kip Cranna
Dramaturg Emeritus
San Francisco Opera
kcranna@gmail.com
(415) 816 3285