Opera librettists Opera librettists Antonio Ghislanzoni ( 25 November 1824 – July 16 1893) was an Italian journalist, poet, and novelist who wrote many librettos for Verdi, among other composers, of which the best known are La forza del destino and Aida. ...more on Wikipedia about "Antonio Ghislanzoni"
Arrigo Boito ( February 24, 1842 – June 10, 1918) was an Italian poet, novelist and composer, best known today for his opera libretti and his own opera, Mefistofele. ...more on Wikipedia about "Arrigo Boito"
Carlo Goldoni ( February 25, 1707 - February 6, 1793) was an Italian dramatist and one of the most famous Italian writers of the period. Along with Pirandello, Goldoni is probably the most famous Italian theatre practitioner and was well-known outside of his native country. His work is most admired for its ingenius mix of wit and honesty. ...more on Wikipedia about "Carlo Goldoni"
Colette was the pen name of the French novelist Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette ( January 28, 1873 – August 3, 1954). ...more on Wikipedia about "Colette"
Emanuel Schikaneder ( September 9, 1751, Straubing - September 21, 1812, Vienna), born Johann Joseph Schikaneder, was an Austrian impresario, dramatist, actor, and singer. He is famous as the librettist of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's opera " Die Zauberflöte" (The Magic Flute). ...more on Wikipedia about "Emanuel Schikaneder"
Augustin Eugène Scribe ( December 24, 1791 - February 20, 1861), was a French dramatist and librettist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Eugène Scribe"
Felice Romani ( 1788 - 1865) was an Italian poet and scholar of literature and mythology who wrote many librettos for the opera composers Donizetti and Bellini. Romani was considered the finest Italian librettist between Metastasio and Boito. ...more on Wikipedia about "Felice Romani"
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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 was an ardant Italian patriot, and in 1848, during Milan's "Cinque Giornate," when Radetsky's Austrian troops retreated from the city, Verdi's letter to Piave in Venice was addressed to "Citizen Piave." ...more on Wikipedia about "Francesco Maria Piave"
François Benoît Hoffmann (July ??, 1760 – April 25, 1828) was a French playwright and critic, best known today for his operatic librettos. ...more on Wikipedia about "François Benoît Hoffmann"
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Giuseppe Giacosa ( 21 October, 1847 – 1 September, 1906) was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist. He gained initial fame for writing the poems in Una partita a scacchi (a game of chess) in 1871. Later in his life, he wrote the librettos used by Giacomo Puccini in La bohème, Tosca and Madama Butterfly in conjunction with Luigi Illica. He was born near Turin and his father was a magistrate. ...more on Wikipedia about "Giuseppe Giacosa"
Hugo von Hofmannsthal ( February 1, 1874 - July 15, 1929), was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Hugo von Hofmannsthal"
Lorenzo Da Ponte ( March 10 1749 - August 17 1838) was an Italian librettist. He provided librettos for many composers, but he is most famous for his librettos for Mozart's operas The Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte, and Don Giovanni, which are correspondingly sometimes referred to as the "Da Ponte trilogy". ...more on Wikipedia about "Lorenzo da Ponte"
Pietro Trapassi ( January 13, 1698 – April 12, 1782), Italian poet, is better known by his pseudonym of Metastasio. ...more on Wikipedia about "Metastasio"
Myfanwy Piper (28 March 1911 – 18 January 1997) was an English art critic and opera librettist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Myfanwy Piper"
Ottavio Rinuccini ( January 20, 1562 – March 28, 1621) was an Italian poet, courtier, and opera librettist at the end of the Renaissance and beginning of the Baroque eras. In collaborating with Jacopo Peri to produce the first opera, Dafne, in 1597, he became the first opera librettist. ...more on Wikipedia about "Ottavio Rinuccini"
Wilhelm Richard Wagner ( May 22, 1813 in Leipzig – February 13, 1883 in Venice) was an influential German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his groundbreaking symphonic- operas (or "music dramas"). His compositions are notable for their continuous contrapuntal texture, rich harmonies and orchestration, and elaborate use of leitmotifs: themes associated with specific characters or situations. Wagner's chromatic musical language prefigured later developments in European classical music, including extreme chromaticism and atonality. He transformed musical thought through his idea of Gesamtkunstwerk ("total art-work"), epitomized by his monumental four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen ( 1876). His concept of leitmotif and integrated musical expression was a strong influence on many 20th century film scores. Wagner is also an extremely controversial figure, both for his musical and dramatic innovations, and for his anti-semitic views. ...more on Wikipedia about "Richard Wagner"
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