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Terese Svoboda is an American poet, novelist, memoirist, short story writer, librettist, translator, biographer, critic, and videomaker.
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Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
The librettist Gene Scheer thinned this fat, meaty book down to a fleet skeleton, organizing the characters into shifting pairs.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Heggie credits the late playwright/librettist Terrence McNally, who came prepared with ideas for possible productions and advocated for Prejean’s book as source material.
—Georgia Rowe, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Over a 7 year period, librettist Brenda Shaughnessy and composer Paola Prestini, directed by Jerron Herman and Jay Scheib, created Sensorium Ex, culminating in a premier performance in Omaha, Nebraska in May 2025.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
The librettist Gene Scheer thinned this fat, meaty book down to a fleet skeleton, organizing the characters into shifting pairs.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Heggie credits the late playwright/librettist Terrence McNally, who came prepared with ideas for possible productions and advocated for Prejean’s book as source material.
—Georgia Rowe, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
Over a 7 year period, librettist Brenda Shaughnessy and composer Paola Prestini, directed by Jerron Herman and Jay Scheib, created Sensorium Ex, culminating in a premier performance in Omaha, Nebraska in May 2025.
—Sabbir Rangwala, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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“Librettist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/librettist. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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librettist
noun
li·bret·tist
lə-ˈbret-əst 
: the writer of a libretto
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