Famous librettists
author of the libretto (words) of an opera or a similar extended musical composition
481 people
Alexandre Desplat
1961
· Age 64
Alive
Blaise Meliani
1887
– 1961
· Age 73
Deceased
Henri de Régnier
1864
– 1936
· Age 71
Deceased
Peter Weiss
1916
– 1982
· Age 65
Deceased
John Gay
1685
– 1732
· Age 47
Deceased
Michel Fokine
1880
– 1942
· Age 62
Deceased
Annie Proulx
1935
· Age 90
Alive
Peter Greenaway
1942
· Age 83
Alive
Johann Nestroy
1801
– 1862
· Age 60
Deceased
Arrigo Boito
1842
– 1918
· Age 76
Deceased
Richard Rodgers
1902
– 1979
· Age 77
Deceased
Marius Petipa
1818
– 1910
· Age 92
Deceased
Bohuslav Martinů
1890
– 1959
· Age 68
Deceased
Neil Simon
1927
– 2018
· Age 91
Deceased
Frederick Ashton
1904
– 1988
· Age 84
Deceased
Vikram Seth
1952
· Age 73
Alive
Vladimir Sorokin
1955
· Age 70
Alive
Victorien Sardou
1831
– 1908
· Age 77
Deceased
Ricarda Huch
1864
– 1947
· Age 83
Deceased
Lin-Manuel Miranda
1980
· Age 46
Alive
Alexandre Benois
1870
– 1960
· Age 89
Deceased
Peter Sloterdijk
1947
· Age 78
Alive
Eugène Scribe
1791
– 1861
· Age 69
Deceased
Stephen Sondheim
1930
– 2021
· Age 91
Deceased
Robert Badinter
1928
– 2024
· Age 95
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q8178443