Arthur Sullivan

Arthur Sullivan

male, deceased (1900)
parlour songs, Irish Symphony, Overture di Ballo, Symphony in E, Irish, The Absent-Minded Beggar, Concerto for Cello and Orchestra…librettist
Sir Arthur Seymour Sullivan (May 13 1842 - November 22 1900) was an English composer best known for his operatic collaborations with librettist W....
Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Hugo von Hofmannsthal

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

W. S. Gilbert

male, deceased (1911)
libretto, illustrator, poet, Alumni of King's College London, composer, realism…Opera librettist, librettist
Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (18 November 1836 - 29 May 1911) was an English dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator best known for his...
Gaetano Donizetti

Gaetano Donizetti

male, deceased (1848)
Italian opera composer, Italian, Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, Opera composer, Romantic composer, Gioacchino Rossini…librettist
Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (November 29, 1797 - April 8, 1848) was an Italian opera composer from Bergamo, Lombardy. Donizetti's most famous...
Arthur Laurents

Arthur Laurents

male, 91 years old (New York, United States)
LGBT, Stage Director, Jewish person, librettist, Jolson Sings Again, Movie Studio…Musical theatre librettist, playwright & librettist
Arthur Laurents (born July 14, 1918) is an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, librettist and stage director.
Gian Carlo Menotti

Gian Carlo Menotti

male, deceased (2007)
The Saint of Bleecker Street, LGBT, libretto, The Consul, pulitzer prize, Opera librettist…librettist
Gian Carlo Menotti was an Italian-born American composer and librettist who wrote the classic Christmas opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" among...
Emanuel Schikaneder

Emanuel Schikaneder

male, deceased (1812)
German, Playwright, Austrian, Opera librettist, Opera manager, opera…librettist
Emanuel Schikaneder, born Johann Joseph Schikaneder, was a German impresario, dramatist, actor, and singer. He is famous as the librettist of...
Alan Jay Lerner

Alan Jay Lerner

male, deceased (1986)
love life, Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winner, Best Song Academy Award winning songwriter, from New York City, Lyricist, Musical theatre librettist…librettist
Alan Jay Lerner (August 31, 1918 - June 14, 1986) was an American Broadway lyricist and librettist. Born in New York City, he was the son of Joseph...
Francesco Maria Piave

Francesco Maria Piave

male, deceased (1876)
libretto, macbeth, Il Corsaro, la traviata, Italian, verdi…Opera librettist, librettist
Francesco Maria Piave (18 May 1810 - 5 March 1876) was an Italian librettist who was Verdi's life-long friend and collaborator. Like Verdi, Piave...
W. H. Auden

W. H. Auden

male, deceased (1973)
Oxford University, From York, gay, Anglican, writer, Playwright…Opera librettist, 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...