Librettist
noun
A person who writes the words of an opera or musical.
The composer and the librettist worked together to produce the opera.
Often appears as...
- famous librettist
- opera librettist
Usage tips
Literary
noun
A person who writes the words of an opera or musical.
The composer and the librettist worked together to produce the opera.
Often appears as...
- famous librettist
- opera librettist
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Opera Specific
Librettist is specially linked to operas, less often to other musical forms.
He dreamt of being an opera librettist.
Pro Tip 2/3Close Collaboration
Librettists often co-create with composers, sharing artistic ideas during the creation process.
The librettist collaborated with the composer to blend lyrics with music.
Pro Tip 3/3Story Teller
A librettist creates the storyline and character dialogue, not just the song lyrics.
As a librettist, she sculpted the entire narrative of the musical.
Pro Tip 1/3Opera Specific
Librettist is specially linked to operas, less often to other musical forms.
He dreamt of being an opera librettist.
Pro Tip 2/3Close Collaboration
Librettists often co-create with composers, sharing artistic ideas during the creation process.
The librettist collaborated with the composer to blend lyrics with music.
Pro Tip 3/3Story Teller
A librettist creates the storyline and character dialogue, not just the song lyrics.
As a librettist, she sculpted the entire narrative of the musical.
Pro Tip 1/3Opera Specific
Librettist is specially linked to operas, less often to other musical forms.
He dreamt of being an opera librettist.
Pro Tip 2/3Close Collaboration
Librettists often co-create with composers, sharing artistic ideas during the creation process.
The librettist collaborated with the composer to blend lyrics with music.
Pro Tip 3/3Story Teller
A librettist creates the storyline and character dialogue, not just the song lyrics.
As a librettist, she sculpted the entire narrative of the musical.
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Quote examples
Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Alan Jay Lerner needed a hit. The Broadway lyricist and librettist was a decade removed from his greatest successes when his partnership with composer Frederick Loewe produced something approaching unholy alchemy.
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Jacques Ibert
French Composer
I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist.
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Sarah Weinman
American Journalist
Alan Jay Lerner needed a hit. The Broadway lyricist and librettist was a decade removed from his greatest successes when his partnership with composer Frederick Loewe produced something approaching unholy alchemy.
Quote examples
Jacques Ibert
French Composer
I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist.
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