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    Harry Clemens Ulrich Graf von Kessler (23 May 1868 – 30 November 1937) was an Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, and patron of modern art. English...
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    Richard Keßler Der blonde Engel (1921), librettists Richard Keßler and Arthur Rebner Die Herrn von und zu (1922), librettists Jean Kren and Richard Bars...
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  • Feydeau. February 22 – Lorenzo da Ponte, best known as Mozart's former librettist, goes bankrupt in London; his partner in the publishing business, Jan...
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    Hugo von Hofmannsthal (category Librettists from Austria-Hungary)
    ˈhoːfmanstaːl]; 1 February 1874 – 15 July 1929) was an Austrian novelist, librettist, poet, dramatist, narrator, and essayist. Hofmannsthal was born in Landstraße...
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    Der Rosenkavalier (category Operas by Richard Strauss)
    Hofmannsthal visited Harry Graf Kessler in Weimar. Over the course of a few days in February 1909, Hofmannsthal and Kessler drafted a scenario inspired by...
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  • Emergency Management director Jerome Hauer dies Broadway Lyricist and Librettist Tom Jones Has Passed Away Andy Larkin Zum Gedenken an Judith McKenzie...
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  • Anne Bogart - theater director Deborah Brevoort - playwright, librettist and lyricist Richard Brick - Co-Producer Sweet and Lowdown, Celebrity, Deconstructing...
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    the subject for his next opera. The idea for Stiffelio came from his librettist and, entering into a contract with his publisher, Ricordi, he agreed to...
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    Toni Morrison (category American opera librettists)
    2023: Featured on a USPS Forever stamp, designed by art director Ethel Kessler with photography by Deborah Feingold Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper...
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    Music, launched in 2016, focused on the emerging musical. Composers, librettists, directors, choreographers and music directors were invited to the campus...
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