[Opera Aficionado: Interactive Lecture Series] From Page to Stage: Shakespeare at the Opera

Speaker: Kip Cranna More operas are based on works of The Bard than on those of any other writer. Besides the famous adaptations by Verdi, there are Shakespearean music dramas by other well-known composers like Berlioz and Wagner, and some lesser-known works by Ambroise Thomas and the contemporary composers Aribert Reimann and Thomas Adès. San Francisco Opera's Dramaturg Kip Cranna will compare video scenes of the original plays with their counterparts in opera as we explore the surprising transformations that occur between "page and stage."