Famous librettists
author of the libretto (words) of an opera or a similar extended musical composition
481 people
Alexander Ostrovsky
1823
– 1886
· Age 63
Deceased
Carl Orff
1895
– 1982
· Age 86
Deceased
Georges Bernanos
1888
– 1948
· Age 60
Deceased
Jules Massenet
1842
– 1912
· Age 70
Deceased
Pietro Metastasio
1698
– 1782
· Age 84
Deceased
Björn Ulvaeus
1945
· Age 80
Alive
Franz Werfel
1890
– 1945
· Age 54
Deceased
Gustav Holst
1874
– 1934
· Age 59
Deceased
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892
– 1950
· Age 58
Deceased
Bob Fosse
1927
– 1987
· Age 60
Deceased
Ingeborg Bachmann
1926
– 1973
· Age 47
Deceased
Víctor Jara
1932
– 1973
· Age 40
Deceased
Alban Berg
1885
– 1935
· Age 50
Deceased
Nick Cave
1957
· Age 68
Alive
Paul Hindemith
1895
– 1963
· Age 68
Deceased
Dino Buzzati
1906
– 1972
· Age 65
Deceased
Franco Zeffirelli
1923
– 2019
· Age 96
Deceased
John Millington Synge
1871
– 1909
· Age 37
Deceased
György Ligeti
1923
– 2006
· Age 83
Deceased
Christian Morgenstern
1871
– 1914
· Age 42
Deceased
Kurt Tucholsky
1890
– 1935
· Age 45
Deceased
Lorenzo Da Ponte
1749
– 1838
· Age 89
Deceased
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
1751
– 1816
· Age 64
Deceased
Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
1878
– 1947
· Age 68
Deceased
William Congreve
1670
– 1729
· Age 58
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q8178443