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Mark Campbell’s work as a librettist is at the forefront of the contemporary opera scene in the United States. A prolific writer, Mark has created 36 opera librettos, lyrics for 7 musicals, and the text for 5 song cycles and 2 oratorios.
Mark Campbell is a New York-based librettist and lyricist whose operas have received both a Pulitzer Prize in Music and a GRAMMY Award. Mark began writing for the stage as a musical theatre lyricist, but turned to libretto-writing after he premiered Volpone, his first full-length opera in 2004 at Wolf Trap Opera Company.
The Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award winning operas of librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell are among the most successful in the contemporary canon. A prolific writer, Mark has created 41 opera librettos, lyrics for 7 musicals, and the text for 9 song cycles and 5 oratorios.
Apr 1, 2020 · As I speak to Mark Campbell over Skype to his New York apartment, he is in an ebullient mood: the night before, he has written the magic words “The End” onto his 37th opera libretto, an adaptation for Des Moines Opera of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel whose title I’m not permitted to reveal.
Meet GRAMMY-winning librettist Mark Campbell—one of the creators of the operatic adaptation of The Shining, based on Stephen King's novel.
Oct 26, 2016 · Pulitzer Prize-winning opera librettist Mark Campbell sheds light on the crucial, if not mysterious, job of contemporary American librettist.
WORKS. OPERAS (Libretto) Volpone. A Comic Opera in Two Acts "Unfaithfully Fashioned from the Play by Ben Jonson". Composer: John Musto. Wolf Trap Opera. http://peermusic.com/. Later the Same Evening. An Opera Inspired by Five Paintings of Edward Hopper.
