Sentence examples for adapted libretto from inspiring English sources

The adapted libretto was unshowy and to the point.

He adapted librettos from Shaw's texts and combined them into an evening of one-act operas, "Shaw Sings!" The adventurous Encompass New Opera Theater presented the New York premiere of "Shaw Sings!" on Thursday night at Symphony Space.

The composer adapted the libretto from recorded interviews with veterans.

For this production, Kushner adapted the libretto, and the sets were based on Sendak designs.

Mr. Zuidam adapted his libretto from original Spanish, Latin and medieval texts.

Janacek adapted the libretto from a play by Karel Capek that he saw shortly after its premiere in 1922.

(Ligeti adapted the libretto with Michael Meschke, founder of the Marionette Theater of Stockholm, from a play by the Belgian absurdist Michel de Ghelderode).

Retaining the original Italian language, Mr. Dusapin has adapted his libretto from Aldo Palazzeschi's Futurist novel "Perelà's Code," published in Italy in 1911.

Britten and his partner, the tenor Peter Pears, adapted the libretto from Shakespeare's play, and few productions of that popular work convey its wistful whimsy and grim subtext as well as Britten's operatic setting.

Rimsky adapted his libretto from a play based on the tale by Alexander Ostrovsky, that had its first performance nine years earlier, in a production with incidental music by Tchaikovsky.

Gilbert adapted the libretto for Sullivan.