librettist
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Mr. Geter and his librettist, Jarrod Lee, had to render the tale with opera singers, not guitar players, on stage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025
The radicalism is that neither composer nor librettist reveals that this actually works.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025
"Fire Shut Up in My Bones," the work of jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard and writer-director Kasi Lemmons, was the first opera by a Black composer or librettist to reach the Met stage.
From Salon • Oct. 6, 2024
From this kernel, Saariaho and her librettist, Finnish novelist Sofi Oksanen, developed the scenario, which has 13 singing or speaking roles: seven at the school and six at the wedding banquet.
From Seattle Times • May 28, 2024
The King angrily interposes in the next number, “Enough of Spring and Pleasure,” whereupon the harper sings a beautiful ballad interpolated by the librettist.
From The Standard Cantatas Their Stories, Their Music, and Their Composers by Upton, George P. (George Putnam)
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