librettist
noun
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Definition of librettist
: the writer of a libretto
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Ever Present Works by composer-artist Colin Self, poet and librettist Mandy Kahn and composer Ben Babbitt are performed at various locations around the museum campus. — Los Angeles Times, "SoCal classical music, July 28-Aug. 4: La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest and more," 26 July 2019 While both composer Jerry Bock and librettist Joseph Stein died in 2010, all three principal creatives are amply represented thanks to pre-existing interviews. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles': Film Review," 7 Aug. 2019 In his book The Broadway Musical, Joseph Swain observes: Collaboration in the musical theatre meant that a composer might work with not only a lyricist and a librettist bu also a director, an orchestrator, a choreographer ... — Aja Romano, Vox, "Broadway director Harold Prince left an unparalleled legacy of masterworks," 1 Aug. 2019 Ever Present Works by composer-artist Colin Self, poet and librettist Mandy Kahn and composer Ben Babbitt are performed at various locations around the museum campus. — Los Angeles Times, "SoCal classical music, July 28-Aug. 4: La Jolla Music Society’s SummerFest and more," 26 July 2019 Composer Anthony Davis and librettist Richard Wesley explore the 1989 arrest and wrongful conviction of five black and Latino teenagers in New York City for the rape and beating of Trisha Meili, a white jogger in Central Park. — Makeda Easter, latimes.com, "The Central Park Five as opera: The Long Beach take on the tragic story," 14 June 2019 The composer and librettist Adolf Hoffmeister wrote the work in the Prague ghettos in 1938, and children in a Nazi concentration camp performed it. — Domenica Bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, "A womanizing scoundrel and a love potion are characters in Indianapolis Opera's new season," 6 June 2019 The Feminist Rodeo Opera,’ said Cohen, who is collaborating with her sister, librettist Megan Cohen, on the project. — Punch Shaw, star-telegram, "Two women and 207,000 baguettes. Here's what else is new on the 'Frontiers' opera scene | Fort Worth Star-Telegram," 26 Apr. 2018 Of course, the historical subject of Joan of Arc was for Verdi and his librettist both distant and not. — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, "Odyssey wraps its Joan of Arc season with Verdi rarity," 8 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'librettist.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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librettist
noun
English Language Learners Definition of librettist
: a person who writes a libretto
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