Get to know Librettist better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like writer or author.
Librettist meaning
The person who writes a libretto.
Using Librettist
- The main meaning on this page is: The person who writes a libretto.
- Useful related words include: writer, author.
- In the example corpus, librettist often appears in combinations such as: the librettist, librettist and, his librettist.
Context around Librettist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Librettist
- In this selection, "librettist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, american, theater, theatre, fill, maurice and managed stand out and add context to how "librettist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and american librettist and playwright and and british librettist donald sturrock. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "librettist" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with librettist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He had collaborated with no other librettist since 1875. (9 words)
It was written by American composer Peter Ash and British librettist Donald Sturrock. (13 words)
He is the winner of the 2016 Kleban Prize for most promising musical theatre librettist. (15 words)
Amongst other stipulations, he demanded the right to choose his own subject, his own librettist, and also to pay him directly, as well as refusing to accept the requirement that a full orchestral score be available in advance. (38 words)
In the initial contract, Bellini was given power over who was to write the libretto and, after meeting the composer and prima donna, the Parman librettist Luigi Torrigiani's work had been rejected. (33 words)
A translation of Cammarano's libretto was made by librettist Émilien Pacini under the title of Le trouvère and it was first performed at La Monnaie in Brussels on 20 May 1856. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
The organization tapped Ukrainian composer and oboist Maxim Kolomiiets who previously wrote and American librettist and playwright George Brant, whose play is currently being developed as an opera by the Met.
Goldstein’s background is in musical theater — he won the Kleban Prize for most promising musical theater librettist — and “Joan” is written in the broad, episodic style that musicals enjoy.
Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, composer and librettist, fill this story with rousing rock ballads and basic Broadway belt.
He is the winner of the 2016 Kleban Prize for most promising musical theatre librettist.
Instead, what Adams, with his librettist and longtime collaborator Peter Sellars, pulls off at the end is far more devastating: the lone voice of a Japanese woman, asking for water.
A fourth draft was quickly prepared: "Have I entered into your spirit?" asked the librettist—and he was embraced by the young composer.
Amongst other stipulations, he demanded the right to choose his own subject, his own librettist, and also to pay him directly, as well as refusing to accept the requirement that a full orchestral score be available in advance.
A translation of Cammarano's libretto was made by librettist Émilien Pacini under the title of Le trouvère and it was first performed at La Monnaie in Brussels on 20 May 1856.
A version by the librettist Maurice Bouchor (1855–1929) entitled Hymn to Universal Humanity (Hymne à l'universelle humanité) adding several verses to a preceding version of Jean Ruault, was published.
Braunbehrens 1990, 61 It was around this time that Mozart articulated his views about the role of the composer and the librettist in the preparation of an opera.
But the La Fenice directorate did approve the concept and the librettist was offered compensation, although he saved his Allan Cameron in reserve in case of mishap.
Elisabeth Abbott (New York: Da Capo Press, 1988), 150. Mozart's librettist managed to get official approval for an operatic version which eventually achieved great success.
He continued by asking whether the librettist liked the drama and emphasized that "the more unusual and bizarre the better".
He had collaborated with no other librettist since 1875.
In 2011, an operatic adaptation by composer Tarik O'Regan and librettist Tom Phillips was premiered at the Linbury Theatre of the Royal Opera House in London.
In some 17th-century operas still being performed, the name of the librettist was not even recorded.
In some cases, such as that between a librettist and composer, a writer will collaborate with another artist on a creative work.
In the initial contract, Bellini was given power over who was to write the libretto and, after meeting the composer and prima donna, the Parman librettist Luigi Torrigiani's work had been rejected.
It was not until the 1880s that the composer and librettist's original wishes were carried out and "realistic" productions were staged.
It was written by American composer Peter Ash and British librettist Donald Sturrock.
Common combinations with librettist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: