Chester Kallman

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American librettist American poet librettist person poet

Chester Kallman was an American poet and librettist best known for his long-term personal and artistic collaboration with W. H. Auden on numerous opera libretti and translations.

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Chester Kallman canonical 4

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instanceOf American librettist ⓘ
American poet ⓘ
librettist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
burialPlace Kirkyard of St. John’s, Kirkwall (with W. H. Auden’s ashes) ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
collaboratedWith Hans Werner Henze ⓘ
Igor Stravinsky ⓘ
Ned Rorem ⓘ
W. H. Auden ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
coWroteLibrettoWith W. H. Auden ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1921-01-07 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-01-18 ⓘ
educatedAt Brooklyn College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans ⓘ
surface form: Jewish American
genre opera libretto ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement 20th-century poetry ⓘ
notableWork A Sense of Occasion ⓘ
Delia, or A Masque of Night ⓘ
Elegy for Young Lovers ⓘ
Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
surface form: Love’s Labour’s Lost

Storm at Castelfranco and Other Poems ⓘ
Bassarids ⓘ
surface form: The Bassarids

The Rake's Progress ⓘ
surface form: The Rake’s Progress
occupation librettist ⓘ
poet ⓘ
translator ⓘ
partner W. H. Auden ⓘ
placeOfBirth Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Athens ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
residence Athens ⓘ
Ischia ⓘ
Naples ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
significantPerson W. H. Auden ⓘ
wroteLibrettoFor Delia, or A Masque of Night ⓘ
Elegy for Young Lovers ⓘ
Love's Labour's Lost ⓘ
surface form: Love’s Labour’s Lost

Bassarids ⓘ
surface form: The Bassarids

The Rake's Progress ⓘ
surface form: The Rake’s Progress

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W. H. Auden → partner → Chester Kallman ⓘ
W. H. Auden → coAuthor → Chester Kallman ⓘ
The Rake's Progress → librettist → Chester Kallman ⓘ
Kirchstetten, Austria → hasHistoricResident → Chester Kallman ⓘ