Metastasio

Metastasio

male, deceased (1782)
poet, Italian, Operalibrettist, From Rome, Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi
Pietro Antonio Domenico Trapassi, better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio, (January 13, 1698 - April 12, 1782) was an Italian writer and poet.

Libretto

male
Italian, masque, requiem, scenario, Musical theatre, oratorio…opera, Operalibrettist, Opera terminology
A libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, musical, masque, sacred or secular oratorio and cantata,...
Richard Wagner

Richard Wagner

male, deceased (1883)
German, der ring des nibelungen, Opera composer, opera, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, tristan und isolde…opera-house, German opera composer, Opera manager, Operalibrettist
Wilhelm Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 - 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his...
Lorenzo da Ponte

Lorenzo da Ponte

male, deceased (1838)
Jewish, Roman Catholic, Jewish person, buried at Calvary Cemetery, Italian, Columbia University faculty…Operalibrettist
Lorenzo Da Ponte, born Emanuele Conegliano. He was the first faculty member to have been born a Jew, and also the first to have been ordained as a...
Arrigo Boito

Arrigo Boito

male, deceased (1918)
Italian opera composer, libretto, Italian, journalist, Opera composer, Romantic composer…Operalibrettist, opera
Arrigo Boito (February 24, 1842 - June 10, 1918) was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist and composer, best known today for his opera libretti...
Jules Barbier

Jules Barbier

male
Operalibrettist, poet, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Le Médecin malgré lui, Le Pardon de Ploermel, The Tales of Hoffmann…opera, librettist
Jules Barbier was a French poet, writer and opera librettist who often wrote in collaboration with Michel Carré.
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky

male, deceased (1916)
writer, Playwright, Russian, Operalibrettist, dramatist, opera…librettist
Modest Ilyich Tchaikovsky, May 13 [OS May 1] 1850, Alapaevsk – January 15 [OS January 2] 1916, Moscow) was a Russian dramatist, opera librettist an...
Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

male, deceased (1929)
libretto, Austrian, novelist, writer, Playwright, Austrian nobility…Operalibrettist, librettist
Hugo von Hofmannsthal (February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist.
W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden

male, deceased (1973)
Oxford University, From York, gay, Anglican, writer, Playwright…Operalibrettist, librettist
Wystan Hugh Auden IPA: ;, who signed his works W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th...
Myfanwy Piper

Myfanwy Piper

female, deceased (1997)
Operalibrettist, Henley-on-thames, john piper, Art critic, From London, English…librettist
Myfanwy Piper was an English art critic and opera librettist. Mary Myfanwy Evans was born in London and read English at St Hugh's College, Oxford....