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Recent Examples of librettist
That same year Smith wed the playwright and librettist Beverly Cross, who predeceased her in 1998.
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
With the family’s slow but sure Act 2 revival, librettist Lindsey Ferrentino comes into her own.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Conducted by Kamna Gupta, the opera is a collaboration between composer Jonathan Berger, visual artist Enrico Riley and poet/librettist Vievee Francis.
—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
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Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 27 Sep. 2024
With the family’s slow but sure Act 2 revival, librettist Lindsey Ferrentino comes into her own.
—Gordon Cox, Variety, 2 Aug. 2024
Conducted by Kamna Gupta, the opera is a collaboration between composer Jonathan Berger, visual artist Enrico Riley and poet/librettist Vievee Francis.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for librettist
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Pic is based on the acclaimed 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig and the Tony-winning Broadway musical of the same name by the multiple Tony-winning playwright Terrence McNally and composer/lyricist team John Kander and Fred Ebb (Cabaret, Chicago).—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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The album is described as a collaboration between not just Carlile and John but producer Andrew Watt and Elton’s longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin, with lyrics contributed by both Carlile and Taupin.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
5 Feb. 2025
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Nine Inch Nails leader Reznor and British composer Ross are Oscar winners and longtime musical partners who bring a confident hum of electricity, cranking it up and down when necessary.—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
14 Feb. 2025
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Less than a month after announcing their engagement, Gomez and Blanco enjoyed their first Christmas as an engaged couple at composer Benj Pasek's annual bash in New York.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Just a few years later, in 1961, the boys met Australian poet and musician Daevid Allen, who broadened their horizons by sharing his infectious love of jazz.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
6 Feb. 2025
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The performance, which also featured British artist Dexter Dalwood and writer and translator Heather Cleary, was held at Casa Margarita, the organization’s newest venue once the home of Margarita Quijano, a writer and muse to poet Ramón López Velarde.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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From jazz legends to modern hip-hop icons, artists have long turned to cannabis as a muse, sparking new ideas, pushing boundaries, and expanding the realms of artistic expression.—
Matt Rozo,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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The fluted olive-oil container was his subject but never his muse.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
3 Feb. 2025
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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 Feb. 2025.
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