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Recent Examples of librettist
Conducted by Kamna Gupta, the opera is a collaboration between composer Jonathan Berger, visual artist Enrico Riley and poet/librettist Vievee Francis.
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
The opera was written by composer Zach Redler and librettist Jerre Dye and conceived in 2015 by Sgt.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Applicants who were previously selected for the workshop will present and receive feedback on the musical book and songs from their original musical from a panel of composers, producers and librettists.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
His wife, the librettist Maria Eotvosne Mezei, announced his death.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024
The opera was written by composer Zach Redler and librettist Jerre Dye and conceived in 2015 by Sgt.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
Applicants who were previously selected for the workshop will present and receive feedback on the musical book and songs from their original musical from a panel of composers, producers and librettists.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 18 Apr. 2024
His wife, the librettist Maria Eotvosne Mezei, announced his death.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for librettist
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Payne, a gifted lyricist and voracious listener, had a steeper climb to find his own sound.August Brown, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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That first season featured iconic lyricists Yip Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Lerner and, on May 2, 1971 – shortly after Follies premiered on Broadway – a young Stephen Sondheim in his very first public speaking appearance.Jane Levere, Forbes, 27 Oct. 2024
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San Francisco singer Sandy Cressman has played that essential role for the São Paulo mother-and-daughter team of jazz pianist/composer Débora Gurgel and vocalist Dani Gurgel.Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Celine Dion has paid tribute to iconic producer/arranger/composer and bandleader Quincy Jones, following his death Sunday at age 91.Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2024
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Bananas and Tori make this archeological key dig look as easy as finding a poet in Bushwick, speeding off after only a few minutes.Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
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The inaugural award was initially intended to go to one artist but was instead granted to two: Julian Charrière, a French-Swiss conceptual artist based in Berlin, and Cecilia Vicuña, a Chilean poet and weaver who splits time between New York Santiago, Chile.Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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In the beginning, there was just one, unnamed, muse.Alison Habens, JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2024
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Near the brocade sofas, jewelry designer Presley Oldham posed for a commemorative selfie with muse Louisa Jacobson—the cool-girl actor dripping in a halter top of baroque string pearls, diamonds, and moonstones.Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2024
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.New York Times, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022
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But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 June 2018
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Her language thus had its necessary counterpoint: the Bronx’s fullness against her poetry’s economy; the streetcorner’s pizzicato against her versifier’s swing.Helen Shaw, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2022
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Modest Durnov, an artist and versifier, did not leave his mark on the world of art.Sarah Vitali, Harper's magazine, 10 May 2019
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“Librettist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/librettist. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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