- [liˈbretto],
plural libretti [
liˈbretti]) is the
diminutive of the word
libro ("book").
Sometimes other-language
equivalents are used for
libretti in that language...
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Cesare Sterbini (1784 – 19
January 1831) was an
Italian writer and librettist.
Possessing a deep
knowledge of
classical and
contemporary culture, philosophy...
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Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni (/ɡɒlˈdoʊni/, also US: /ɡɔːlˈ-, ɡoʊlˈ-/, Italian: [ˈkarlo oˈzvaldo ɡolˈdoːni]; 25
February 1707 – 6
February 1793) was an Italian...
- Pierre-Louis
Moline (27 May 1739 – 20
March 1820) was a
prolific French dramatist, poet and librettist. His play La Réunion du six août was one of the...
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Marisha Anne
Chamberlain (born
January 6, 1952) is an
American writer. Her most
recent work, the
libretto for
Mortals & Angels, a
collaboration with American...
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Strozzi (1583 - 31
March 1652) was a
Venetian poet and
libretto writer. His
libretti were put to
music by
composers like
Claudio Monteverdi,
Francesco Cavalli...
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writing instead. He
wrote verse and
plays before turning to
writing libretti. He
wrote the text for
Charles Gounod's
Mireille (1864) on his own, and...
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Johann Friedrich Kind (4
March 1768, in
Leipzig – 24 June 1843 in Dresden) was a
German dramatist, most
famous for
writing the
libretto for Carl Maria...
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Andrea Maffei (1798 – 1885) was an
Italian poet,
translator and librettist. He was born in
Molina di Ledro, Trentino. A
follower of
Vincenzo Monti, he...
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Antonio Maria Lucchini or
Luchini (Venice, c. 1690 – Venice,
before 1730) was an
Italian librettist. His
texts were set to
music by
Antonio Vivaldi, Bald****are...
