Royce Vavrek

Royce Vavrek is an Alberta-born librettist and lyricist who has been called “the indie Hofmannsthal” (The New Yorker) and “one of the most celebrated and sought after librettists in the world” (CBC Radio). His opera “Angel’s Bone” with composer Du Yun was awarded the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Music. Among his many collaborations include operas with Missy Mazzoli (“Song from the Uproar”, “Breaking the Waves”, “Proving Up”, “The Listeners”), David T. Little (“Dog Days”, “Vinkensport, or The Finch Opera”, “JFK”), Mikael Karlsson (“Melancholia”), Paola Prestini (“Silent Light”, “The Old Man and the Sea”), and Ricky Ian Gordon (“27”, “The House Without a Christmas Tree”). Royce holds a BFA in Filmmaking and Creative Writing from Concordia University and an MFA in Musical Theater Writing from NYU.  He is an alum of American Lyric Theater’s Composer Librettist Development Program.