However, Wagner had completed the libretto for Parsifal by 1877, and the original drafts of the story date back to 1857.
Other biographers (such as Lucy Beckett) believe that this is not true, as the original drafts of the story date back to 1857 and Wagner had completed the libretto for Parsifal by 1877; but he displayed no significant interest in Gobineau until 1880.
Mr. Steel has talked of having Mr. Alden direct "Le Nozze di Figaro" to complete the trilogy of Mozart's operas on Da Ponte librettos.
He completed the text of the cycle by writing the libretti for Die Walküre (The Valkyrie) and Das Rheingold (The Rhine Gold) and revising the other libretti to agree with his new concept, completing them in 1852.
Rimsky completed The Snowmaiden, or Snegurochka to give it its original Russian title, in 1882, taking his libretto from a play by Ostrovsky.
Rankin claimed in an interview that his reaction on completing the retirement Rebus was to walk across his office to another desk and begin an opera libretto.
She had also completed a libretto for another opera with music by Deborah Drattell.
After he had a completed a first draft of the libretto for "Doubt," Mr. Shanley went to see Mozart's "Nozze di Figaro" at the Metropolitan Opera.
Despite problems with the libretto, Offenbach completed a serious opera in 1864, Die Rheinnixen, a hotchpotch of romantic and mythological themes.
Mr. Glass did no composing until the libretto was complete.
