San Francisco Opera 2025: A Preview
This course will provide an in-depth exploration of the six operas to be presented by San Francisco Opera in the summer and fall of 2025, using video with subtitles to illustrate key moments. The repertoire includes Mozart’s masterpiece “Idomeneo,” Puccini’s ever-popular “La Boheme,” plus the world premiere of Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang’s “The Monkey King,” works by Wagner and Verdi, and more. No previous opera background required.
Faculty Bio
Kip Cranna is Dramaturg Emeritus of San Francisco Opera, where he served on the staff for 40 years, earning the San Francisco Opera Medal and the Bernard Osher Cultural Award.
This is a Livestreamed + Recorded Course
- Classes will stream live on the scheduled day and time
- Classes will also be video recorded
- You must be a current OLLI @Berkeley member to register. Learn about membership, including our fee assistance program.
Schedule Highlights
- Course starts on Monday, April 28, and ends on Monday, May 19
- Classes meet for 4 weeks, 1.5 hours per session (10:30 AM–noon)
- All course materials will remain available to view and enjoy in Member Dashboards through May 31
Member Praise for Kip Cranna
He's an expert and appealing instructor, able and available to respond to all kinds of questions and comments, has excellent materials and works well with them on Zoom. Content of this course was excellent - not your usual opera course (great as those can be).
This is the second course I've taken with Kip. His experiential familiarity with the composers, singers and dramaturgy, together with his conversational demeanor, make the material fascinating and accessible. He is terrific.