Authored by Jessica Lit, Director of Business Affairs at The Dramatists Guild, the Best Practices for Opera guide is intended to help composers and librettists understand their rights in the commissioning process—including credit, fees, and artistic control. The best practices highlighted in the report are based on information gathered in a year’s worth of roundtable discussions with composers and librettists, general directors and opera company managers, new work commissioners, publishers, agents, and artists’ representatives.
Best Practice
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