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Recent Examples of librettist
The librettist Gene Scheer thinned this fat, meaty book down to a fleet skeleton, organizing the characters into shifting pairs.
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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
Classical Field In Classical Categories, composers and lyricists/librettists are now eligible for GRAMMY recognition alongside all other key creative personnel including artists, producers, and engineers on winning albums.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 June 2025
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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
Classical Field In Classical Categories, composers and lyricists/librettists are now eligible for GRAMMY recognition alongside all other key creative personnel including artists, producers, and engineers on winning albums.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for librettist
Noun
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Originally envisioned as a musical, Williams was tasked with writing original songs with lyricist Leslie Bricusse before the idea was scrapped.—
Alex Galbraith,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
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Welles, who was nominated for four Grammys in 2025, is a gifted lyricist, and his finest verses use cascades of slant rhymes to move subtly from specific finger-pointing to broader implication.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2026
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While Egypt is known for its movies and Lebanon for its pop singers and composers, Syria's TV series have for decades been seen as the gold standard in the region.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Pailet’s direction is crisp and steady, with a composer’s sense of rhythm to it.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Feb. 2026
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Rankin is a celebrated visual artist whose works take pride of place in both public and private collections around the world; Brett is a novelist, poet, and essayist whose writing has been widely published.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
26 Feb. 2026
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Prize-winning poet Renee Nicole Good was protecting her Minneapolis community, not penning poems, when ICE executed her on January 7th.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 Feb. 2026
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There’s a great Wings photo that fans cherish — a day in the Scottish highlands, the family farm, Paul and the band playing a jolly game of footie while his sheepdog muse Martha joins in, chasing the ball.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2026
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As the most discerning, up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel, Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse, offering both inspiration and vital intel.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Feb. 2026
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2022
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But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 June 2018
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“Librettist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/librettist. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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