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librettist

[ li-bret-ist ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

librettist

/ lɪˈbrɛtɪst /

From the Italian word librettista, dating back to 1860–65. See libretto, -ist

Von Hofmannsthal is best remembered now as the librettist of Richard Strauss' Der Rosenkavalier.

Without applying to another librettist, he began to search for a ready-made text.

The librettist now having need of his services for the finale, Daland enters, and the act winds up with a showy trio.

There are the verses, exclaimed the librettist; I wrote them in an hour.

He proposed as a good subject, "Alexander and Roxane," and set a librettist to work at the adaptation of it.

In operatic work the librettist and composer must work hand in hand.

April 18, 2024petrichor

[pet-ri-kawr]

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