libretto
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Gian Carlo Menotti’s gothic libretto felt weirder than usual.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Scott Gendel composed the music and Sandra Flores-Strand wrote the libretto.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
In 2016, the company gave the premiere of Bright Sheng’s “Dream of the Red Chamber,” which is, like “Monkey,” based on a classic Chinese novel and has a libretto by Hwang.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025
The late Herbert Kretzmer, who wrote the English libretto for Les Misérables, felt he was not given enough credit for transforming the original French musical into the hugely popular English-language version, letters have revealed.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2025
If Ethan were here, he’d have the whole libretto written by the time we stepped out of the car.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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