libretto
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Pushkin’s text eventually became the libretto that Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov employed in his opera of the same name.
From Salon • May 16, 2026
There’s not a traditional libretto, so the story is transmitted mostly through song lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026
Scott Gendel composed the music and Sandra Flores-Strand wrote the libretto.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
The late Herbert Kretzmer, who wrote the English libretto for Les Misérables, felt he was not given enough credit for transforming the original French musical into the hugely popular English-language version, letters have revealed.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
What’s more, he wrote the libretto as well as the music, and drew up the specifications of the purpose- built theatre at Bayreuth in which it was to be performed.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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