KIP CRANNA PRESENTS
A SPOTLIGHT ON LEITMOTIVS:
ANOTHER LOOK AT WAGNER'S "RING."

The leitmotivs ("signature tunes") in Wagner's The Ring of the Nibelung are an endless source of fascination. San Francisco Opera's Dramaturg Emeritus Kip Cranna will use video and audio examples to explore the meanings, transformations. and interrelationships of leitmotivs in The Ring to offer some new insights into Wagner's genius.

This will be a LIVE Zoom presentation.

Free to BWS Members — No purchase necessary for BWS members, simply email us to RSVP. info@bostonwagnersociety.org

$10 for nonmembers

Clifford (Kip) Cranna, Dramaturg (Scholar in Residence) Emeritus of San Francisco Opera, served on the staff for over forty years and was Director of Music Administration for over thirty years. In 2008 he was awarded the San Francisco Opera Medal, the company’s highest honor, and in 2012 he received the Bernard Osher Cultural Award for distinguished efforts to bring excellence to a cultural institution. In 2014 he received the Star of Excellence Award for outstanding service to the programs of the San Francisco Opera Guild.

He holds a Ph.D. in musicology from Stanford University. For thirty years he was Program Editor and Lecturer for the Carmel Bach Festival.  He has taught at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, lectures, and writes frequently on music.

Dr. Cranna currently teaches at the Fromm Institute at the University of San Francisco and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes at UC Berkeley, San Francisco State University, and Dominican University.