librettist
Opera text author
A librettist is a person who writes the text of an opera, musical, or other dramatic work set to music.
The librettist provides the words—dialogue, lyrics, stage directions—while the composer provides the score.
Some composers write their own librettos, but the roles are typically separate: Gilbert was the librettist to Sullivan's composer.
Operatic solo piece
- recitativeSpeechlike operatic singing
- PucciniItalian operatic composer
- VerdiItalian opera composer
- MozartEighteenth-century Austrian composer
Wagner · bel canto · soprano · tenor · baritone · mezzo-soprano · bass · duet
Author of stage dramas
- dramatistWriter of stage works
- BroadwayManhattan theatrical district
- West EndLondon theatre district
- musicalSung theatrical production
score · showtunes · rehearsal · audition · staging · choreography · ensemble · intermission
Metered poetic passage
- meterDevice that measures usage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
text · wordsmith · dramaturgy · pacing · structure · adaptation · translation · synopsis
Creator of musical works
- co-creatorJoint originator of something
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- duoTwo working together
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
commission · correspondence · revision · dramaturgy · Hammerstein · Gilbert · Scribe
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
comedy · drama · mythology · epic · allegory · characterization · dialogue · scenario
aria
Operatic solo piece
- recitativeSpeechlike operatic singing
- PucciniItalian operatic composer
- VerdiItalian opera composer
Mozart · Wagner · bel canto · soprano · tenor · baritone · mezzo-soprano · bass · duet · overture
playwright
Author of stage dramas
musical · score · showtunes · rehearsal · audition · staging · choreography · ensemble · intermission · understudy
verse
Metered poetic passage
dialogue · text · wordsmith · dramaturgy · pacing · structure · adaptation · translation · synopsis · scenario
composer
Creator of musical works
- co-creatorJoint originator of something
- partnershipShared business arrangement
- duoTwo working together
adaptation · commission · correspondence · revision · dramaturgy · Hammerstein · Gilbert · Scribe
storytelling
Recounting events aloud
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- dramatizationConverting events to performance
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
tragedy · comedy · drama · mythology · epic · allegory · characterization · dialogue · scenario · theme
- performing artsacting, dance, music, drama, theater
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- theater jobsactor, director, playwright, choreographer, stage manager
- operaopera, aria, arias, soprano, tenor
- collaboratorscoauthors, partner, cowriters, coworker, co-directors
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
librettistcomposer
Creator of musical works
songwriter · melodist · orchestrator · musical director · conductor