- librettists
- n. person who writes the words for an opera
English contemporary dictionary. 2014.
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Lorenzo Da Ponte — This article is about the librettist Lorenzo Da Ponte. For the Bishop of the same name, see Vittorio Veneto. Lorenzo Da Ponte Engraving by Michele Pekenino after Nathaniel Rogers Lorenzo Da Ponte (10 March 1749 17 August 1838) was a Venetian… … Wikipedia
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