Famous librettists
author of the libretto (words) of an opera or a similar extended musical composition
945 people
Enda Walsh
1967
· Age 59
Alive
Joseph Mazilier
1801
– 1868
· Age 67
Deceased
Lujza Blaha
1850
– 1926
· Age 75
Deceased
M
Mbongeni Ngema
1955
– 2023
· Age 68
Deceased
M
Morrie Ryskind
1895
– 1985
· Age 89
Deceased
Fritz Grünbaum
1880
– 1941
· Age 60
Deceased
Jean Galbert de Campistron
1656
– 1723
· Age 66
Deceased
H
Herbert Kretzmer
1925
– 2020
· Age 95
Deceased
Judith Herzberg
1934
· Age 91
Alive
Johann Friedrich Rochlitz
1769
– 1842
· Age 73
Deceased
John Luther Long
1861
– 1927
· Age 66
Deceased
Franc-Nohain
1872
– 1934
· Age 61
Deceased
Kevin Crossley-Holland
1941
· Age 85
Alive
Anne Weber
1964
· Age 61
Alive
S
Salomon Franck
1659
– 1725
· Age 66
Deceased
Boris Kochno
1904
– 1990
· Age 86
Deceased
Karl Ludwig Giesecke
1761
– 1833
· Age 71
Deceased
Petr Weigl
1939
– 2018
· Age 79
Deceased
Joseph Sonnleithner
1766
– 1835
· Age 69
Deceased
Ina Seidel
1885
– 1974
· Age 89
Deceased
B
Béla Jenbach
1871
– 1943
· Age 71
Deceased
Christiana Mariana von Ziegler
1695
– 1760
· Age 64
Deceased
Julius Weismann
1879
– 1950
· Age 70
Deceased
Alfi Kabiljo
1935
– 2025
· Age 89
Deceased
Rhiannon Giddens
1977
· Age 49
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q8178443