Mark Campbell

The Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award-winning operas of librettist Mark Campbell are among the most successful in the contemporary canon. Mark has written 42 operas, 7 musicals, 11 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, A Thousand Acres, Unruly Sun, Later the Same Evening and Songs from an Unmade Bed. Mark has mentored future generations of librettists and composers at American Opera Projects, American Lyric Theatre and the American Opera Initiative. He created and funds the Campbell Opera Librettist Prize, the first award for opera librettists in the history of the art form and co-created the True Voice Award to support transgender and non-binary singers. He received the 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Opera Association and in 2025 was inducted into OPERA America's Hall of Fame. www.markcampbellwords.com