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Mark Campbell
Librettist

The Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning operas of librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell are among the most successful in the contemporary canon. Mark has written 45 opera librettos, 7 musicals, 9 song cycles and 5 oratorios. His works include Silent Night, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, As One, Elizabeth Cree, The Shining, Sanctuary Road, A Nation of Others, Stonewall, The Manchurian Candidate, A Thousand Acres, Unruly Sun, Later the Same Evening, Burke & Hare, The Cook-Off, and Songs from an Unmade Bed. In 2020, he created and funded the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize, the first award for opera librettists in the history of the art form, and in 2022 co-created the True Voice Award to help support the training of transgender singers. In 2024, the National Opera Association honored Mark with its Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2026 he was inducted into OPERA America's prestigious Hall of Fame.

Mark Campbell
Librettist

The Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning operas of librettist/lyricist Mark Campbell are among the most successful in the contemporary canon. Mark has written 45 opera librettos, 7 musicals, 9 song cycles and 5 oratorios. His works include Silent Night, The (R)evolution of Steve Jobs, As One, Elizabeth Cree, The Shining, Sanctuary Road, A Nation of Others, Stonewall, The Manchurian Candidate, A Thousand Acres, Unruly Sun, Later the Same Evening, Burke & Hare, The Cook-Off, and Songs from an Unmade Bed. In 2020, he created and funded the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize, the first award for opera librettists in the history of the art form, and in 2022 co-created the True Voice Award to help support the training of transgender singers. In 2024, the National Opera Association honored Mark with its Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2026 he was inducted into OPERA America's prestigious Hall of Fame.