Librettist
At Seattle Opera in 2023/24: Lucidity
Hometown: New York, NY
Seattle Opera Debut
David Cote is a playwright, librettist, and critic. This season: Blind Injustice with composer Scott Davenport Richards at Peak Performances. Other operas: Blind Injustice with Cincinnati Opera; Three Way (comp. Robert Paterson) at Nashville Opera and BAM; The Scarlet Ibis (comp. Stefan Weisman) with Prototype Festival, later at Chicago Opera Theater. David wrote the text for Nkeiru Okoye’s Black Lives Matter monodrama for baritone and orchestra, Invitation to a Die-In.Recordings include Blind Injustice (NAXOS), Three Way (American Modern Recordings), and In Real Life (AMR). David’s TV and theater coverage appears in The A.V. Club, Observer, 4 Columns, and American Theatre. He is the author of popular companion books about the Broadway hits Moulin Rouge! The Musical, Spring Awakening, Jersey Boys, and Wicked.
Last Updated: January 2024