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That anniversary is also invoked by new contemporary opera from librettist Lionelle Hamanaka and composer Daniel Kessner that ecounts the era of wrongful imprisonment via one Southern California family.
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
In the decades since his solo debut, Holmes has also become a multiple Tony Award-winning librettist and composer, as well as a New York Times bestselling author.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Advertisement *** Schoenberg’s wife, Gertrud, a librettist, and son Larry established Belmont Music Publishers in 1965.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The original version of Sunset Blvd., which Webber developed with librettists Don Black and Christopher Hampton in the early 1990s, premiered with director Trevor Nunn on the West End in 1993.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025
In the decades since his solo debut, Holmes has also become a multiple Tony Award-winning librettist and composer, as well as a New York Times bestselling author.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 5 Feb. 2025
Advertisement *** Schoenberg’s wife, Gertrud, a librettist, and son Larry established Belmont Music Publishers in 1965.
—Stacy Perman, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2025
The original version of Sunset Blvd., which Webber developed with librettists Don Black and Christopher Hampton in the early 1990s, premiered with director Trevor Nunn on the West End in 1993.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Librettist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/librettist. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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librettist
noun
li·bret·tist
lə-ˈbret-əst 
: the writer of a libretto
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