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That certainly appealed to Hammerstein, he said, whose librettos tended to have political aspects to them.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Italian soprano Carmela Remigio told the Corriere della Sera newspaper that it was thanks to the opera and its librettos that Italian language was still known in the world.

From BBC • Dec. 7, 2023

So she taught herself to write English librettos by studying Wagner and contemporary artists like poet Alice Goodman and composer Kaija Saariaho.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 23, 2023

His librettos were like subtweets; that’s why, Wagner believed, the critic Eduard Hanslick cooled on him after a reading of the text for “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg,” a cri de coeur against artistic gatekeeping.

From New York Times • Jun. 26, 2022

One or two of his librettos, such as that of Patience, are virtually flawless.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 1 "Gichtel, Johann" to "Glory" by Various