- [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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cycle by
writing the
libretti for Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) and Das
Rheingold (The
Rhine Gold) and
revising the
other libretti to
conform to his new...
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buried in the Père
Lachaise Cemetery. See also Well-made play, Category:
Libretti by Eugène
Scribe and Category:
Plays by Eugène
Scribe Estimates differ...
- up
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...
- "small book"). Some composers,
notably Wagner, have
written their own
libretti;
others have
worked in
close collaboration with
their librettists, e.g...
- the
original libretto and
programs of the
first production of 1892. All
libretti and
programs of
works performed on the
stages of the
Imperial Theatres...
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Tomson Highway OC (born 6
December 1951) is an
Indigenous Canadian playwright, novelist, children's
author and musician. He is best
known for his plays...
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completed opera was Mefistofele.
Among the
operas for
which he
wrote the
libretti are
Giuseppe Verdi's
monumental last two
operas Otello and
Falstaff as...
- Most (classical)
composers had one or a few
lyricists with whom they
preferred to work: Bach:
Picander Mozart: Da Ponte,
Schikaneder ****van: Gilbert...
- American,
opera librettist, poet and
Roman Catholic priest. He
wrote the
libretti for 28
operas by 11 composers,
including three of Mozart's most celebrated...
