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The opera was written by composer Zach Redler and librettist Jerre Dye and conceived in 2015 by Sgt.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Applicants who were previously selected for the workshop will present and receive feedback on the musical book and songs from their original musical from a panel of composers, producers and librettists.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
His wife, the librettist Maria Eotvosne Mezei, announced his death.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The work by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek premiered in 2016 at Opera Philadelphia, with Duffy in the lead role as Bess.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
Especially important is the perspective of a Black woman as librettist, which has been rare across the art form overall, said Bakari, who splits time between New York and Seattle.
—The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
David Cote, the librettist, and Robin Guarino, the director and dramaturge, had interviewed the exonerees and had made the opera based on the transcripts; Cote said that about forty per cent of the libretto is taken from them verbatim.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
After a standing ovation, Jackson, Smith, some of the performers, the director, the librettist, the composer, the conductor, and Godsey came back onstage and answered questions.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Rather than dig into humanity for material, composer Elizabeth Gartman and librettist Melisa Tien dispose of it altogether, opting instead for a world populated by humanistic petrochemicals and tenacious microorganisms.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Applicants who were previously selected for the workshop will present and receive feedback on the musical book and songs from their original musical from a panel of composers, producers and librettists.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
His wife, the librettist Maria Eotvosne Mezei, announced his death.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
The work by composer Missy Mazzoli and librettist Royce Vavrek premiered in 2016 at Opera Philadelphia, with Duffy in the lead role as Bess.
—Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 3 Apr. 2024
Especially important is the perspective of a Black woman as librettist, which has been rare across the art form overall, said Bakari, who splits time between New York and Seattle.
—The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024
David Cote, the librettist, and Robin Guarino, the director and dramaturge, had interviewed the exonerees and had made the opera based on the transcripts; Cote said that about forty per cent of the libretto is taken from them verbatim.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
After a standing ovation, Jackson, Smith, some of the performers, the director, the librettist, the composer, the conductor, and Godsey came back onstage and answered questions.
—Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
Rather than dig into humanity for material, composer Elizabeth Gartman and librettist Melisa Tien dispose of it altogether, opting instead for a world populated by humanistic petrochemicals and tenacious microorganisms.
—Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
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librettist
noun
li·bret·tist
lə-ˈbret-əst 
: the writer of a libretto
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