So hot was the topic of regicide, censors of the day made the librettist relocate the plot to Puritan Boston. |
After Dumas comes the librettist who transposed the story into suitable Italian verse to be set to music. |
The performances were somewhat overshadowed by a certain coolness between composer and librettist. |
A skilled librettist will know how to leave space for the music to flourish. |
Its leaves were tattered, and the librettist had long since renounced his pen in favour of auctioneering in the North. |
It's shocking that he hasn't written musicals before because he's a natural librettist. |