Kip Cranna presents “Wagner in his youth: How Beethoven and Bellini won his heart.” This will be a free lecture at the Copley Square (Central) branch of the Boston Public Library, held in the Commonwealth Salon. Free and open to the public, no tickets are required.

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.