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Restlessness defined his career: “I write poetry, essays, opera libretti, even scientific articles. But I am not a specialist,” he explained to the Irish Times in 2003.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

Those libretti are striking assemblages from documentary and literary sources by Sellars that Adams’ music brings to life.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

In social media postings, New York composer Daniel Roumain said Sunday he was commissioned to write one of four libretti for a “Greenwood Overcomes” concert scheduled for a May 1 performance by the Tulsa Opera.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 22, 2021

He has collaborated on two libretti, an operatic sideline resulting from a misapprehension.

From The Guardian • Feb. 8, 2013

To these he prefixed an essay advocating the claims of English libretti, and insisting on the value of recitative.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various