Category: Librettists

Gaetano Donizetti

(1797–1848) Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti Works: • Anna Bolena (1830) • Don Pasquale (1843) • La Favorite (1840) • La Fille du régiment (1840) • L’elisir d’amore (1832) • Lucia di Lammermoor (1835) • Lucrezia Borgia (1833) • Maria Stuarda…

Paul Verlaine

(1844–1896) Paul Marie Verlaine Works: • Hombres (French) • Poésies complètes (French) ◊ Poems of Paul Verlaine (English) Verlaine in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) (?) Paul Verlaine en Troubadour (?) 1868 Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas     Fantin-Latour, Henri (1836-1904) Coin de table 1872 Musée…

Oscar Hammerstein II

(1895–1960) Oscar Greeley Clendenning Hammerstein II   Filmography as Lyricist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born July 12 1895 New York, NY (USA) Died August 23 1960 Doylestown, PA (USA) Cause of death Cancer…

Russel Crouse

(1893–1966) Russel McKinley Crouse Filmography as Librettist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born February 20 1893 Findlay, OH (USA) Died April 3 1966 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Librettist Playwright Occupation Screenwriter Writer Awards…

Howard Lindsay

(1889–1968) Herman Nelke Filmography as Librettist: The Sound of Music 1965 Director: Robert Wise Starring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer   Born March 29 1889 Waterford, NY (USA) Died February 11 1968 New York, NY (USA) Occupation Actor Librettist Occupation Playwright Producer Occupation Screenwriter…

Alan Jay Lerner

(1918–1986) Filmography as Screenwriter: My Fair Lady 1964 Director: George Cukor Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Rex Harrison   Born August 31 1918 New York, NY (USA) Died June 14 1986 New York, NY (USA) Cause of death Cancer (lung) Occupation Composer Librettist Occupation Lyricist…

Librettists

• Blau, Édouard (1836-1906) • Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963) • Crouse, Russel (1893-1966) • Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848) • Hammerstein, Oscar II (1895-1960) • Lerner, Alan Jay (1918-1986) • Lindsay, Howard (1889-1968) • Mendès, Catulle (1841-1909) • Stein, Gertrude (1874-1946) • Verlaine, Paul (1844-1896)

Édouard Blau

(1836–1906) Blau in Art: Bazille, Frédéric (1841-1870) Edouard Blau 1866 National Gallery of Art, Washington     See also: • Librettists