librettist
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Despite the audience booing at the 1853 premiere, which Verdi and his librettist, Francesco Maria Piave, called “a fiasco,” “Traviata” has never strayed long from the stage.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
Under the supervision of Peter Sellars, Golijov and librettist David Henry Hwang completely rewrote “Ainadamar” for Santa Fe Opera in a sublimely moving production with gloriously grafitti-fied sets by L.A. artist Gronk.
From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 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
Even the opera, which liked the larger framework of five acts when Scribe was writing librettos for Hal�vy and Meyerbeer, is now content with only three, since Wagner revealed his skill as a librettist.
From A Book About the Theater by Matthews, Brander
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