Sarah Weinman

Alan Jay Lerner needed a hit. The Broadway lyricist and librettist was a decade removed from his greatest successes when his partnership with composer Frederick Loewe produced something approaching unholy alchemy.

American Journalist

Jacques Ibert

I dream of a collaboration that would finally be total, in which the librettist would often think as a composer and the composer as a librettist.

French Composer

Librettist is specially linked to operas, less often to other musical forms.

Opera Specific

Librettists often co-create with composers, sharing artistic ideas during the creation process.

Close Collaboration

A librettist creates the storyline and character dialogue, not just the song lyrics.