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Dana Gioia
Librettist
Biography
Dana Gioia is an internationally acclaimed poet and writer. Former California Poet laureate and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Gioia was born in Los Angeles of Italian and Mexican descent. The first person in his family to attend college, he received a B.A. and M.B.A. from Stanford and an M.A. from Harvard in Comparative Literature. For fifteen years he worked as a businessman before quitting at forty-one to become a full-time writer.

Gioia has written four opera libretti and collaborated with musicians in genres from classical to jazz. His work has been set to music by Morten Lauridsen, Lori Laitman, Dave Brubeck, Ned Rorem, Paul Salerni, and numerous other composers. He collaborated with jazz pianist Helen Sung on her vocal album, Sung With Words (2018). His dance opera (with Paul Salerni), Haunted, premiered in 2019.

Productions
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Solo OperaThe Three Feathers9/8/2023 - 9/10/2023
Opera SteamboatThe Three Feathers8/12/2022 - 8/13/2022
Los Angeles OperaNosferatu10/29/2016 - 10/31/2016
Opera RoanokeThe Three Feathers10/18/2014 - 10/18/2014
Opera IdahoNosferatu11/1/2004 - 11/6/2004
Manitoba OperaNosferatu2/2/1996 - 2/16/1996
Canadian Opera CompanyNosferatu12/1/1993 - 12/11/1993
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