Famous librettists
author of the libretto (words) of an opera or a similar extended musical composition
481 people
Thomas Corneille
1625
– 1709
· Age 84
Deceased
Julian Fellowes
1949
· Age 76
Alive
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Michael Tippett
1905
– 1998
· Age 93
Deceased
Ivor Novello
1893
– 1951
· Age 58
Deceased
Frank Martin
1890
– 1974
· Age 84
Deceased
Wolfgang Rihm
1952
– 2024
· Age 72
Deceased
Sylvain Maréchal
1750
– 1803
· Age 52
Deceased
Eliška Krásnohorská
1847
– 1926
· Age 79
Deceased
Karel Sabina
1813
– 1877
· Age 63
Deceased
Salvadore Cammarano
1801
– 1852
· Age 51
Deceased
Alan Jay Lerner
1918
– 1986
· Age 67
Deceased
Péter Eötvös
1944
– 2024
· Age 80
Deceased
Jurek Becker
1937
– 1997
· Age 59
Deceased
Luigi Illica
1857
– 1919
· Age 62
Deceased
Michael Morpurgo
1943
· Age 82
Alive
Alan Ayckbourn
1939
· Age 86
Alive
George M. Cohan
1878
– 1942
· Age 64
Deceased
Georges Ohnet
1848
– 1918
· Age 70
Deceased
Aino Ackté
1876
– 1944
· Age 68
Deceased
Michel de Ghelderode
1898
– 1962
· Age 63
Deceased
Lorenz Hart
1895
– 1943
· Age 48
Deceased
Walter Jens
1923
– 2013
· Age 90
Deceased
Gottfried von Einem
1918
– 1996
· Age 78
Deceased
Elena Văcărescu
1864
– 1947
· Age 82
Deceased
Ernest Legouvé
1807
– 1903
· Age 96
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q8178443