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The Dramatists Guild has observed that opera companies in the 21st century have been trying to grow their audiences and develop their art form beyond the presentation of revivals of the established canon of works. To do so, some companies are commissioning a wider array of contemporary playwrights to write original libretti for new operas.  Due to the ongoing efforts of the Guild, when playwrights have written the books for new stage musicals, they have been given authorial rights (...

Join us this August for two  webinars on the craft of writing opera! Librettist/Playwrights Roundtable on AUGUST 10 Eastern Time: 3pm Central Time: 2pm Mountain Time: 1pm Pacific Time: 12pm Moderated by Deborah Brevoort Featuring: Mark Campbell Stephanie Fleischmann David Henry Hwang E.M. Lewis Sandra Seaton Playwrights, librettists, and lyricists from both...

Several members of the Dramatists Guild Opera Committee will be participating in American Lyric Theater's upcoming Opera Writers Symposium. This event, which runs from Saturday, February 27 to Saturday, April 24, will be a free, eight-week, virtual symposium on writing for the opera stage. Drawing on different facets of American Lyricist Theater’s...

The Dramatists Guild Opera Committee’s Librettist Initiative premiered the short film Credit the Librettist: Conversations with Today's Opera Makers at Opera America’s New Works Forum on Thursday, January 16 at 10am at the National Opera Center, 330 7th Avenue...

The Opera Committee of the Dramatists Guild Council needs your assistance in launching an important new initiative. In recent years, the production of new operas has dramatically increased around the country, making the role of the librettist more important than ever. However, our members have reported to us that, despite the growing importance of the librettist, the business practices that have plagued opera writers for generations are acting as an obstacle to attracting and...