librettist

"Where and how does one find a really professional librettist?"

The identity of the librettist is not known for certain.

His principal work for the stage, however, was as a librettist.

Why is a director/set designer more important than the composer and librettist?

He fretted too much, not least over finding a librettist.

Puccini's relationships with his librettists were at times very difficult.

"Composers know best how true it is that they depend on the librettist."

For this shift in emphasis, the librettist makes no apology.

The person who writes the libretto is called a librettist.

It does not rob the composer to also give credit to the librettist.

It is also the first with a female librettist.

Nor is he, as a librettist, a rival of Gilbert.

No startling concept here, beyond what Mozart and his librettist set down on paper.

The selection of the librettist was a political issue.

Yet when an opera fails, the librettist is the usual suspect.

He was jotting his musical notes above the words of the librettist.

He left in time, but his librettist was poisoned.

But as a librettist, let me tell you, a show is a greedy animal and it demands all of everyone's attention.

He had collaborated with no other librettist since 1875.

Librettists come and go, but operas are remembered fundamentally for their music alone.

Librettists are also indexed, but not performers, places or events.

Leoncavallo was the librettist for most of his own operas.

Librettists have historically received less prominent credit than the composer.

Still he might have benefited from being forced to contend with a strong librettist during the creative process.

The balance of power between composers and librettists is a touchy subject.