Is @inthesedeserts.bsky.social your librettist or your composer?
October 2, 2026 at 2:34 PM
Is @inthesedeserts.bsky.social your librettist or your composer?
It's super fitting considering I'm a poet, a librettist, AND considering Carroll's works are FULL of poetry!!
September 30, 2026 at 8:57 PM
It's super fitting considering I'm a poet, a librettist, AND considering Carroll's works are FULL of poetry!!
Moin.
Heute vor 235 Jahren wurde Mozarts „Zauberflöte“ in Wien uraufgeführt. Mozart leitete selbst vom Klavier, Librettist Schikaneder gab den Papageno.
"Dann schmeckte mir Trinken und Essen,
dann würd' ich mit Fürsten mich messen."
Allen einen genussvollen Mittwoch!
Heute vor 235 Jahren wurde Mozarts „Zauberflöte“ in Wien uraufgeführt. Mozart leitete selbst vom Klavier, Librettist Schikaneder gab den Papageno.
"Dann schmeckte mir Trinken und Essen,
dann würd' ich mit Fürsten mich messen."
Allen einen genussvollen Mittwoch!
September 30, 2026 at 4:51 AM
Moin.
Heute vor 235 Jahren wurde Mozarts „Zauberflöte“ in Wien uraufgeführt. Mozart leitete selbst vom Klavier, Librettist Schikaneder gab den Papageno.
"Dann schmeckte mir Trinken und Essen,
dann würd' ich mit Fürsten mich messen."
Allen einen genussvollen Mittwoch!
Heute vor 235 Jahren wurde Mozarts „Zauberflöte“ in Wien uraufgeführt. Mozart leitete selbst vom Klavier, Librettist Schikaneder gab den Papageno.
"Dann schmeckte mir Trinken und Essen,
dann würd' ich mit Fürsten mich messen."
Allen einen genussvollen Mittwoch!
Just one more quotation from the article because I can't resist the casual skewering of the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein. This is an extract from an interview with conductor Maurice Abravanel. "Fritz" is Lerner's longtime collaborator, Broadway composer Frederick Loewe.
September 26, 2026 at 11:08 AM
Just one more quotation from the article because I can't resist the casual skewering of the lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein. This is an extract from an interview with conductor Maurice Abravanel. "Fritz" is Lerner's longtime collaborator, Broadway composer Frederick Loewe.
Castell'Arquato: birthplace of Tosca's librettist, under a Visconti fortress. Castelvetro di Modena: checkerboard piazza, proper Lambrusco. Five more nearby. We collected them:
https://anywhereitaly.com/a/hkurc8?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=towns
https://anywhereitaly.com/a/hkurc8?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=towns
The best towns inside a nature park that eat well in Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna's regional nature parks run from the Apennine ridge down to the pine woods and salt pans of the Adriatic, and the towns inside them keep tables a dining guide has singled out. Sandstone hill villages, chestnut woods, salt-cured pork and pasta rolled by hand.
anywhereitaly.com
September 25, 2026 at 3:27 PM
Castell'Arquato: birthplace of Tosca's librettist, under a Visconti fortress. Castelvetro di Modena: checkerboard piazza, proper Lambrusco. Five more nearby. We collected them:
https://anywhereitaly.com/a/hkurc8?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=towns
https://anywhereitaly.com/a/hkurc8?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=towns
The next cohort of composers and librettists for Creation Lab will start writing their new original works this fall.
Composers and librettists will spend the next 18 months writing for the opera stage, with guidance from composer Laura Kaminsky and playwright/librettist Deborah Brevoort.
Composers and librettists will spend the next 18 months writing for the opera stage, with guidance from composer Laura Kaminsky and playwright/librettist Deborah Brevoort.
September 24, 2026 at 7:57 PM
The next cohort of composers and librettists for Creation Lab will start writing their new original works this fall.
Composers and librettists will spend the next 18 months writing for the opera stage, with guidance from composer Laura Kaminsky and playwright/librettist Deborah Brevoort.
Composers and librettists will spend the next 18 months writing for the opera stage, with guidance from composer Laura Kaminsky and playwright/librettist Deborah Brevoort.
35) Eric Crozier, theatre director, founder of English Opera Group, librettist for Bliss, Britten and Lennox Berkeley. First director of Peter Grimes in 1945, and a fierce defender of the opera, but there was a later falling out with Britten that was never repaired. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Cr...
Eric Crozier - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 24, 2026 at 8:36 AM
35) Eric Crozier, theatre director, founder of English Opera Group, librettist for Bliss, Britten and Lennox Berkeley. First director of Peter Grimes in 1945, and a fierce defender of the opera, but there was a later falling out with Britten that was never repaired. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Cr...
youtu.be/oZ6GrrsvzSI?...
Theodor Körner, dt. Schriftsteller
23.09.1791 - 26.08.1813
Librettist des Singspiels "Der vierjährige Posten". Vertont u.a. von Franz Schubert.
Theodor Körner, dt. Schriftsteller
23.09.1791 - 26.08.1813
Librettist des Singspiels "Der vierjährige Posten". Vertont u.a. von Franz Schubert.
Der vierjährige Posten, D. 190: Duett. "Du guter Heinrich! Du süßes Kind" (Käthchen, Duval)
YouTube video by Heinz Wallberg - Topic
youtu.be
September 23, 2026 at 5:26 PM
youtu.be/oZ6GrrsvzSI?...
Theodor Körner, dt. Schriftsteller
23.09.1791 - 26.08.1813
Librettist des Singspiels "Der vierjährige Posten". Vertont u.a. von Franz Schubert.
Theodor Körner, dt. Schriftsteller
23.09.1791 - 26.08.1813
Librettist des Singspiels "Der vierjährige Posten". Vertont u.a. von Franz Schubert.
Astronomical autumn began this morning with the autumn equinox! 🍂
In anticipation of the trees developing their autumn colours, here is a poem about a maple tree written and illustrated by the writer, poet and librettist, Ronald Duncan.
📷 EUL MS 397/2/2/2
#AutumnEquinox #Autumn #Archives
In anticipation of the trees developing their autumn colours, here is a poem about a maple tree written and illustrated by the writer, poet and librettist, Ronald Duncan.
📷 EUL MS 397/2/2/2
#AutumnEquinox #Autumn #Archives
September 23, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Astronomical autumn began this morning with the autumn equinox! 🍂
In anticipation of the trees developing their autumn colours, here is a poem about a maple tree written and illustrated by the writer, poet and librettist, Ronald Duncan.
📷 EUL MS 397/2/2/2
#AutumnEquinox #Autumn #Archives
In anticipation of the trees developing their autumn colours, here is a poem about a maple tree written and illustrated by the writer, poet and librettist, Ronald Duncan.
📷 EUL MS 397/2/2/2
#AutumnEquinox #Autumn #Archives
Jonas Hassen Khemiri to make opera debut with new libretto for Royal Swedish Opera and Royal Danish Theatre
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is making his debut as an opera librettist for a work that is currently in the planning stage, according to composer Emmy Lindström on Swedish Radio P2's Musikrevyn.
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is making his debut as an opera librettist for a work that is currently in the planning stage, according to composer Emmy Lindström on Swedish Radio P2's Musikrevyn.
Jonas Hassen Khemiri to make opera debut with new libretto for Royal Swedish Opera and Royal Danish Theatre
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is making his debut as an opera librettist for a work that is currently in the planning stage, according to composer Emmy Lindström on Swedish Radio P2's Musikrevyn.
umlegacypressqsefc.com
September 21, 2026 at 10:36 AM
Jonas Hassen Khemiri to make opera debut with new libretto for Royal Swedish Opera and Royal Danish Theatre
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is making his debut as an opera librettist for a work that is currently in the planning stage, according to composer Emmy Lindström on Swedish Radio P2's Musikrevyn.
Jonas Hassen Khemiri is making his debut as an opera librettist for a work that is currently in the planning stage, according to composer Emmy Lindström on Swedish Radio P2's Musikrevyn.
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The Librettist appears to be insane. Copeland’s “score” does not help at all. I know it’s meant to be funny but it is in fact torturous.
Your Stuart Copeland obsession is taking you to some very dark places Rebecca. I worry for you.
The Librettist appears to be insane. Copeland’s “score” does not help at all. I know it’s meant to be funny but it is in fact torturous.
Your Stuart Copeland obsession is taking you to some very dark places Rebecca. I worry for you.
September 20, 2026 at 7:28 AM
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The Librettist appears to be insane. Copeland’s “score” does not help at all. I know it’s meant to be funny but it is in fact torturous.
Your Stuart Copeland obsession is taking you to some very dark places Rebecca. I worry for you.
The Librettist appears to be insane. Copeland’s “score” does not help at all. I know it’s meant to be funny but it is in fact torturous.
Your Stuart Copeland obsession is taking you to some very dark places Rebecca. I worry for you.
There are several demo tracks on our website! (I’m the librettist and the performer for Benjamin/Eloise, and our composer is also singing Jeremy!)
www.paradoxopera.org/gybberidge#t...
www.paradoxopera.org/gybberidge#t...
Genders of Gybberidge — Paradox Opera
www.paradoxopera.org
September 16, 2026 at 10:27 PM
There are several demo tracks on our website! (I’m the librettist and the performer for Benjamin/Eloise, and our composer is also singing Jeremy!)
www.paradoxopera.org/gybberidge#t...
www.paradoxopera.org/gybberidge#t...
Morgenavond naar de opera ‘Kolja’! Romancier/librettist Arthur Japin en componist Bob Zimmerman creëerden een mysterieus muziekdrama rondom de dood van Tsjaikovski.
#muziek #Rusland #doof #lhbt
coornstra.nl/cultuur/oper...
#muziek #Rusland #doof #lhbt
coornstra.nl/cultuur/oper...
coornstra.nl
September 16, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Morgenavond naar de opera ‘Kolja’! Romancier/librettist Arthur Japin en componist Bob Zimmerman creëerden een mysterieus muziekdrama rondom de dood van Tsjaikovski.
#muziek #Rusland #doof #lhbt
coornstra.nl/cultuur/oper...
#muziek #Rusland #doof #lhbt
coornstra.nl/cultuur/oper...
A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist, painter, pastellist, poet, librettist, & patron of the arts Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa (1724-1780)
1. Self-portrait, c.1767–1772 / Oil on canvas / Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist, painter, pastellist, poet, librettist, & patron of the arts Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa (1724-1780)
1. Self-portrait, c.1767–1772 / Oil on canvas / Uffizi, Florence, Italy
September 16, 2026 at 12:01 AM
A random survey of self-portraits created by women through the centuries
Princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist, painter, pastellist, poet, librettist, & patron of the arts Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa (1724-1780)
1. Self-portrait, c.1767–1772 / Oil on canvas / Uffizi, Florence, Italy
Princess, composer, singer, harpsichordist, painter, pastellist, poet, librettist, & patron of the arts Maria Antonia Walpurgis Symphorosa (1724-1780)
1. Self-portrait, c.1767–1772 / Oil on canvas / Uffizi, Florence, Italy
GUESTS
Madeline Sayet (Mohegan), stage director for “Kutulagaaw”
Vera Starbard (Tlingit and Dena’ina), writer and librettist for “Kutulagaas”
Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield (Lingit), composer and musical director for “Kutulagaaw”
www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-sept...
Madeline Sayet (Mohegan), stage director for “Kutulagaaw”
Vera Starbard (Tlingit and Dena’ina), writer and librettist for “Kutulagaas”
Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield (Lingit), composer and musical director for “Kutulagaaw”
www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-sept...
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 — An Indigenous-led opera retells a historic Tlingit act of resistance » Native America Calling
A diverse team of mainly Alaska Native talent spent nearly nine years building the operatic version of a historic battle in the early 1800s. “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles”, a combination…
www.nativeamericacalling.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:01 PM
GUESTS
Madeline Sayet (Mohegan), stage director for “Kutulagaaw”
Vera Starbard (Tlingit and Dena’ina), writer and librettist for “Kutulagaas”
Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield (Lingit), composer and musical director for “Kutulagaaw”
www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-sept...
Madeline Sayet (Mohegan), stage director for “Kutulagaaw”
Vera Starbard (Tlingit and Dena’ina), writer and librettist for “Kutulagaas”
Shaakindustoow Ed Littlefield (Lingit), composer and musical director for “Kutulagaaw”
www.nativeamericacalling.com/tuesday-sept...
North or South
NOS
nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide system... Engine used in car racing
Energy drink
Abbreviation for 'numbers'
Book (see pic)
Nose lol an opera about a man who loses his nose and goes searching for it and eventually it is reattached lol wtf
NOS
nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide system... Engine used in car racing
Energy drink
Abbreviation for 'numbers'
Book (see pic)
Nose lol an opera about a man who loses his nose and goes searching for it and eventually it is reattached lol wtf
September 15, 2026 at 4:07 AM
North or South
NOS
nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide system... Engine used in car racing
Energy drink
Abbreviation for 'numbers'
Book (see pic)
Nose lol an opera about a man who loses his nose and goes searching for it and eventually it is reattached lol wtf
NOS
nitrous oxide
Nitrous oxide system... Engine used in car racing
Energy drink
Abbreviation for 'numbers'
Book (see pic)
Nose lol an opera about a man who loses his nose and goes searching for it and eventually it is reattached lol wtf
I attended opening night of “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles”—the world’s 1st Lingít opera — with 2 of my favorite people, Representatives Hannan & Story.
Congrats Ed Littlefield (composer), Vera Starbard (librettist), Madeline Savet (director), X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (translator), & cast!
Congrats Ed Littlefield (composer), Vera Starbard (librettist), Madeline Savet (director), X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (translator), & cast!
September 13, 2026 at 7:17 PM
I attended opening night of “Ḵutulagaaw: The Tlingit-Russian Battles”—the world’s 1st Lingít opera — with 2 of my favorite people, Representatives Hannan & Story.
Congrats Ed Littlefield (composer), Vera Starbard (librettist), Madeline Savet (director), X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (translator), & cast!
Congrats Ed Littlefield (composer), Vera Starbard (librettist), Madeline Savet (director), X̱ʼunei Lance Twitchell (translator), & cast!
Hunter Foster is an American musical theatre actor, singer, librettist, playwright, and director. Best known for originating the role of…
Read More: Hunter Foster Biography: Age, Net Worth, Wife, Parents, Siblings, Movies, Wikipedia
Read More: Hunter Foster Biography: Age, Net Worth, Wife, Parents, Siblings, Movies, Wikipedia
Hunter Foster Biography: Age, Net Worth, Wife, Parents, Siblings, Movies, Wikipedia
Hunter Foster is an American musical theatre actor, singer, librettist, playwright, and director. Best known for originating the role of…
Read More: Hunter Foster Biography: Age, Net Worth, Wife, Parents, Siblings, Movies, Wikipedia
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September 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Hunter Foster is an American musical theatre actor, singer, librettist, playwright, and director. Best known for originating the role of…
Read More: Hunter Foster Biography: Age, Net Worth, Wife, Parents, Siblings, Movies, Wikipedia
Read More: Hunter Foster Biography: Age, Net Worth, Wife, Parents, Siblings, Movies, Wikipedia
The first opera to be performed in Italian in the US was Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" on November 29, 1825. Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's librettist, was in the audience. www.nytimes.com/1975/10/17/a...
#opera #history
#opera #history
About New York (Published 1975)
Richard F Shepard article on first appearance in NYC of grand opera 150 yrs ago; opera librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte role noted (M)
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2026 at 11:49 AM
The first opera to be performed in Italian in the US was Rossini's "Il Barbiere di Siviglia" on November 29, 1825. Lorenzo Da Ponte, Mozart's librettist, was in the audience. www.nytimes.com/1975/10/17/a...
#opera #history
#opera #history
#OPERA #REVIEW Orpheus and Eurydice #cockpitTheatre
'It’s all rather a shame and something of a wasted opportunity, as there is some talent and a lot of dedication on show here' ⭐️ thereviewshub.com/orpheus-and-... #London
'It’s all rather a shame and something of a wasted opportunity, as there is some talent and a lot of dedication on show here' ⭐️ thereviewshub.com/orpheus-and-... #London
Orpheus and Eurydice – The Cockpit, London - The Reviews Hub
Music: Goi Ywei Chern Director and Librettist: Mayra Stergiou A woman in a white, almost Pierrot costume walks down from a seat at the side of the theatre carrying a Swiss Cheese plant and starts to s...
thereviewshub.com
September 12, 2026 at 11:22 AM
#OPERA #REVIEW Orpheus and Eurydice #cockpitTheatre
'It’s all rather a shame and something of a wasted opportunity, as there is some talent and a lot of dedication on show here' ⭐️ thereviewshub.com/orpheus-and-... #London
'It’s all rather a shame and something of a wasted opportunity, as there is some talent and a lot of dedication on show here' ⭐️ thereviewshub.com/orpheus-and-... #London
Stephen Sondheim (director, author, librettist) and Borges, the blind novelist
More Richard Avedon portraiture genius. from exhbition currently at the Image Centre. Toronto Canada
#photography #portraitPhotography #camera #Toronto #Canada #stage #plays #novel #vision #blindness
More Richard Avedon portraiture genius. from exhbition currently at the Image Centre. Toronto Canada
#photography #portraitPhotography #camera #Toronto #Canada #stage #plays #novel #vision #blindness
September 11, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Stephen Sondheim (director, author, librettist) and Borges, the blind novelist
More Richard Avedon portraiture genius. from exhbition currently at the Image Centre. Toronto Canada
#photography #portraitPhotography #camera #Toronto #Canada #stage #plays #novel #vision #blindness
More Richard Avedon portraiture genius. from exhbition currently at the Image Centre. Toronto Canada
#photography #portraitPhotography #camera #Toronto #Canada #stage #plays #novel #vision #blindness
Share one of the most obscure TV shows you can think of! 🖤
SCORCH, from Allan Katz, Laugh-In writer and librettist for Harry Nilsson's off-Broadway musical "Zapata."
A dragon crashes in a family's apartment and helps the dad get a job as a weatherman.
Cancelled after airing three of six episodes.
SCORCH, from Allan Katz, Laugh-In writer and librettist for Harry Nilsson's off-Broadway musical "Zapata."
A dragon crashes in a family's apartment and helps the dad get a job as a weatherman.
Cancelled after airing three of six episodes.
September 11, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Share one of the most obscure TV shows you can think of! 🖤
SCORCH, from Allan Katz, Laugh-In writer and librettist for Harry Nilsson's off-Broadway musical "Zapata."
A dragon crashes in a family's apartment and helps the dad get a job as a weatherman.
Cancelled after airing three of six episodes.
SCORCH, from Allan Katz, Laugh-In writer and librettist for Harry Nilsson's off-Broadway musical "Zapata."
A dragon crashes in a family's apartment and helps the dad get a job as a weatherman.
Cancelled after airing three of six episodes.
The 1796 marriage contract of the opera singer Magdalena Willmann and the merchant Antonio Galvani. Witnesses were the bride's father Johann Willmann, Franz Huber (the librettist of "Christus am Ölberge"), the great Italian composer Francesco Savero[!] Süssmayr, and the lawyer Dr. Philipp Lebor.
September 11, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The 1796 marriage contract of the opera singer Magdalena Willmann and the merchant Antonio Galvani. Witnesses were the bride's father Johann Willmann, Franz Huber (the librettist of "Christus am Ölberge"), the great Italian composer Francesco Savero[!] Süssmayr, and the lawyer Dr. Philipp Lebor.
@operaboxscore.bsky.social 5 stars for the episode "A River Unbroken Runs Through It". I enjoyed hearing about the work of a dramaturg and librettist, plus the correct rhythm for flyfishing. A review of operatic song themes of Dolly Parton was eye-opening (ear-opening?) The 9/3 episode was a treat
September 7, 2026 at 5:59 PM
@operaboxscore.bsky.social 5 stars for the episode "A River Unbroken Runs Through It". I enjoyed hearing about the work of a dramaturg and librettist, plus the correct rhythm for flyfishing. A review of operatic song themes of Dolly Parton was eye-opening (ear-opening?) The 9/3 episode was a treat