Sentence examples similar to character libretto from inspiring English sources

Schoenberg's first theatrical works the one-act Erwartung (1909, first performed 1924; Expectation, single-character libretto by Marie Pappenheim) and the one-act "drama with music" Die glückliche Hand (1924; "The Hand of Fate," his own libretto)—are atonal, thickly Romantic, even Expressionistic (intentionally distorted, so as to express intense and often exaggerated or disquieting emotions).

These three take turns as the rest of the opera's characters: the libretto indicates transformations like "Hotel Manager as Duke" and "Electrician as Lounge Lizard".

True to the identities of the characters, the libretto is mostly sung in English, French and German, and Mr. Puts writes music that effectively evokes the differing national styles and idioms.

Two years later he scored another lasting success with L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love), a comedy full of charm and character with a libretto by Felice Romani, the best theatre poet of the day.

Mr. Hall, who is also the author of "The Pitmen Painters" and a screenwriter on the film version of "War Horse," told the BBC that the cancellation was at heart "a very simple issue about discrimination" and stemmed from his refusal to remove a gay character from the libretto.

Reencountering, via Romani's witty libretto, characters one knows and loves was a delight in Salzburg.

Billy is continually described by the other characters in the libretto by E. M. Forster and Eric Crozier as a beauty.

Isabella, the novice who draws Friedrich to his doom, becomes a more significant character in Wagner's libretto, absorbing plot functions that Shakespeare assigned to the cunning Duke, who is dropped altogether; in the end, she embodies worldly wisdom and the redeeming force of love, a Brünnhilde in training.

Though Steve Marriott and Rod Stewart may have been the more celebrated faces - you couldn't take your eyes nor ears off the charismatic, ebullient elfin bassist who plied his craft with a decidedly working- class London cockney character pooled with a libretto borne of romance, resignation, and realism.

That's a shame, as it features gorgeous music, complex characters and a knowing libretto that treats the story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece with a mixture of emotion and absurdity.

If the title character is overweight, Boito's libretto reduces Shakespeare to the leanness of a sprinter.