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Recent Examples of librettist
Their liberating actions are symbolic by design, according to Davis and librettist Havis.
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Terese Svoboda is an American poet, novelist, memoirist, short story writer, librettist, translator, biographer, critic, and videomaker.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
The librettist Gene Scheer thinned this fat, meaty book down to a fleet skeleton, organizing the characters into shifting pairs.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Heggie credits the late playwright/librettist Terrence McNally, who came prepared with ideas for possible productions and advocated for Prejean’s book as source material.
—Georgia Rowe, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2026
Terese Svoboda is an American poet, novelist, memoirist, short story writer, librettist, translator, biographer, critic, and videomaker.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
The librettist Gene Scheer thinned this fat, meaty book down to a fleet skeleton, organizing the characters into shifting pairs.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2025
Heggie credits the late playwright/librettist Terrence McNally, who came prepared with ideas for possible productions and advocated for Prejean’s book as source material.
—Georgia Rowe, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for librettist
Noun
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As a source of inspiration and catharsis, writing about her own experiences has never been a problem for the singer-lyricist.—
Steve Appleford,
SPIN,
23 Apr. 2026
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Elton's lyricist Bernie Taupin had rewritten the song, which was about Marilyn Monroe, with new lyrics about Princess Diana.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Related Stories Buechele, a comedian, writer and composer, posts satirical videos about culture, politics, masculinity and the internet.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
27 Apr. 2026
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His music has spanned genres and mediums, with the composer filling various roles, but its through line is its sense of the uncanny and Lopatin’s understanding of how warping sonic textures can tap into surreality.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The photograph documents the group, contributing to the historical record—these poets were there, those not, some are forgotten now.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
30 Apr. 2026
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Inspired by a short story from Welsh poet and author Dylan Thomas, the film is said to follow a young boy sent to spend one summer with his charismatic and wildly eccentric grandfather on a remote Welsh farm.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As the most discerning, up-to-the-minute voice in all things travel, Condé Nast Traveler is the global citizen’s bible and muse, offering both inspiration and vital intel.—
Anita Bhagwandas,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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As my mom and I stepped aboard, we were greeted by a stunning, larger-than-life portrait of Emilie Flöge, the muse of Austrian painter Gustav Klimt’s—and the namesake of this new Uniworld ship.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Apr. 2026
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Heti’s detractors could probably put a bottle in the middle of a table and entertain themselves reading lines out of context in suave, poetaster voices.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2022
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But -aster words have never been particularly common, with the exception of poetaster, an inferior poet.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
28 June 2018
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“Librettist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/librettist. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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