Dr Caitlin Vincent
@caitlinvincent.bsky.social
Librettist & lyricist. Author of OPERA WARS (Scribner), coming January 13. Senior Lecturer @UniMelb and ARC DECRA Fellow 2025-2027. Opinions own. She/her. ✍🏼👩🏻💻🎶
I heard writers are supposed to do unboxing videos…did I do it right?
ps. My galley copies of OPERA WARS have finally arrived! Don’t lose your head—you can pre-order your own copy now. 😉
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #operawars @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
ps. My galley copies of OPERA WARS have finally arrived! Don’t lose your head—you can pre-order your own copy now. 😉
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #operawars @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 11:21 AM
I heard writers are supposed to do unboxing videos…did I do it right?
ps. My galley copies of OPERA WARS have finally arrived! Don’t lose your head—you can pre-order your own copy now. 😉
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #operawars @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
ps. My galley copies of OPERA WARS have finally arrived! Don’t lose your head—you can pre-order your own copy now. 😉
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #operawars @scribnerbooks.bsky.social
What does it mean to be believable in an opera role? And who gets to decide? 🤔
Let me know what you think! And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#opera #operawars #operasky #booksky #nonfiction
Let me know what you think! And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#opera #operawars #operasky #booksky #nonfiction
October 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
What does it mean to be believable in an opera role? And who gets to decide? 🤔
Let me know what you think! And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#opera #operawars #operasky #booksky #nonfiction
Let me know what you think! And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13.
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#opera #operawars #operasky #booksky #nonfiction
At what point does an opera become a bait and switch? What do you think? 🤔
Let me know in the comments. And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #nonfiction #opera #regietheater
Let me know in the comments. And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #nonfiction #opera #regietheater
October 15, 2025 at 10:11 PM
At what point does an opera become a bait and switch? What do you think? 🤔
Let me know in the comments. And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #nonfiction #opera #regietheater
Let me know in the comments. And don’t forget to order a copy of OPERA WARS, coming January 13!
www.simonandschuster.com/books/Opera-...
#operasky #booksky #nonfiction #opera #regietheater
Important book update! Scribner has officially added a horned helmet to the title page of OPERA WARS.
(I feel seen).
#operasky #writersky
(I feel seen).
#operasky #writersky
September 2, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Important book update! Scribner has officially added a horned helmet to the title page of OPERA WARS.
(I feel seen).
#operasky #writersky
(I feel seen).
#operasky #writersky
Whoops, Opera Australia just announced their 2026 season and…forgot to do something.
Don’t worry - I fixed it for them. 🙃
#CreditTheLibrettist
Don’t worry - I fixed it for them. 🙃
#CreditTheLibrettist
August 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Whoops, Opera Australia just announced their 2026 season and…forgot to do something.
Don’t worry - I fixed it for them. 🙃
#CreditTheLibrettist
Don’t worry - I fixed it for them. 🙃
#CreditTheLibrettist
“Opera breeds fanatics. There are opera groupies. Opera diehards. Opera obsessives. I’m not one of them.”
OPERA WARS is coming…Available January 13, 2026.
bit.ly/4lXyK39
📚💙 #operasky #musicsky #booksky
@scribnerbooks.bsky.social
OPERA WARS is coming…Available January 13, 2026.
bit.ly/4lXyK39
📚💙 #operasky #musicsky #booksky
@scribnerbooks.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
“Opera breeds fanatics. There are opera groupies. Opera diehards. Opera obsessives. I’m not one of them.”
OPERA WARS is coming…Available January 13, 2026.
bit.ly/4lXyK39
📚💙 #operasky #musicsky #booksky
@scribnerbooks.bsky.social
OPERA WARS is coming…Available January 13, 2026.
bit.ly/4lXyK39
📚💙 #operasky #musicsky #booksky
@scribnerbooks.bsky.social
“After years of progress in diversity, many companies’ upcoming slates feature mostly, and in some cases entirely, male-writer lineups.”
“By various measures […] roughly two-thirds of the field’s writers are women—there is not, as artistic directors once argued, a pipeline issue.”
“By various measures […] roughly two-thirds of the field’s writers are women—there is not, as artistic directors once argued, a pipeline issue.”
July 25, 2025 at 1:04 AM
“After years of progress in diversity, many companies’ upcoming slates feature mostly, and in some cases entirely, male-writer lineups.”
“By various measures […] roughly two-thirds of the field’s writers are women—there is not, as artistic directors once argued, a pipeline issue.”
“By various measures […] roughly two-thirds of the field’s writers are women—there is not, as artistic directors once argued, a pipeline issue.”
“Artist Amy Sherald has decided to withdraw her upcoming show at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery over fears of censorship […]
after she was told her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed over fears of offending Donald Trump.”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
after she was told her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed over fears of offending Donald Trump.”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
July 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“Artist Amy Sherald has decided to withdraw her upcoming show at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery over fears of censorship […]
after she was told her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed over fears of offending Donald Trump.”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
after she was told her painting of a transgender Statue of Liberty might be removed over fears of offending Donald Trump.”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Screaming, crying, throwing up, but OPERA WARS is officially with the copy editor at @scribnerbooks.bsky.social (and, ahem, the lawyers 😬).
Here’s a sneak peek of what's inside...
#opera #operasinger #operalife #classicalmusic #booksky #writersky #readingcommunity #nonfiction
Here’s a sneak peek of what's inside...
#opera #operasinger #operalife #classicalmusic #booksky #writersky #readingcommunity #nonfiction
July 22, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Screaming, crying, throwing up, but OPERA WARS is officially with the copy editor at @scribnerbooks.bsky.social (and, ahem, the lawyers 😬).
Here’s a sneak peek of what's inside...
#opera #operasinger #operalife #classicalmusic #booksky #writersky #readingcommunity #nonfiction
Here’s a sneak peek of what's inside...
#opera #operasinger #operalife #classicalmusic #booksky #writersky #readingcommunity #nonfiction
Last batch of revisions, and OPERA WARS is officially off to the copy editor! 😱
Prepare for battle (at your local bookstore): 13 January 2026.
#opera #culturewars #writers #nonfiction #authors
Prepare for battle (at your local bookstore): 13 January 2026.
#opera #culturewars #writers #nonfiction #authors
July 14, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Last batch of revisions, and OPERA WARS is officially off to the copy editor! 😱
Prepare for battle (at your local bookstore): 13 January 2026.
#opera #culturewars #writers #nonfiction #authors
Prepare for battle (at your local bookstore): 13 January 2026.
#opera #culturewars #writers #nonfiction #authors
"Love Songs from a Third Floor Walk-Up," winner of the 2025 NATS Art Song Composition Prize...and now officially available from Opus Imprints!
Music by Raphael Fusco. Text by me.
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(Listen to a recording with soprano Julia Johnson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNn...)
Music by Raphael Fusco. Text by me.
opusimprints.com/products/lov...
(Listen to a recording with soprano Julia Johnson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNn...)
June 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
"Love Songs from a Third Floor Walk-Up," winner of the 2025 NATS Art Song Composition Prize...and now officially available from Opus Imprints!
Music by Raphael Fusco. Text by me.
opusimprints.com/products/lov...
(Listen to a recording with soprano Julia Johnson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNn...)
Music by Raphael Fusco. Text by me.
opusimprints.com/products/lov...
(Listen to a recording with soprano Julia Johnson: www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCNn...)
Don’t forget to tip the head-check girl.
January 12, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Don’t forget to tip the head-check girl.
New song cycle from me and composer Jodi Goble officially coming December 16!
NIGHT-TIME IN THE FOURTH TRIMESTER, a darkly comic cabaret about the early days of motherhood. (Yes, soprano/mezzo moms, this one's for you. 😉)
NIGHT-TIME IN THE FOURTH TRIMESTER, a darkly comic cabaret about the early days of motherhood. (Yes, soprano/mezzo moms, this one's for you. 😉)
December 3, 2024 at 12:42 AM
New song cycle from me and composer Jodi Goble officially coming December 16!
NIGHT-TIME IN THE FOURTH TRIMESTER, a darkly comic cabaret about the early days of motherhood. (Yes, soprano/mezzo moms, this one's for you. 😉)
NIGHT-TIME IN THE FOURTH TRIMESTER, a darkly comic cabaret about the early days of motherhood. (Yes, soprano/mezzo moms, this one's for you. 😉)
Early ex-pat Thanksgiving means early ex-pat pie!
Blackberry raspberry ✅
Salted caramel apple ✅
Cranberry curd ✅
Pumpkin ✅
Vegan chocolate cream ✅
Blackberry raspberry ✅
Salted caramel apple ✅
Cranberry curd ✅
Pumpkin ✅
Vegan chocolate cream ✅
November 23, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Early ex-pat Thanksgiving means early ex-pat pie!
Blackberry raspberry ✅
Salted caramel apple ✅
Cranberry curd ✅
Pumpkin ✅
Vegan chocolate cream ✅
Blackberry raspberry ✅
Salted caramel apple ✅
Cranberry curd ✅
Pumpkin ✅
Vegan chocolate cream ✅
My annual reminder to everyone--especially the GRAMMYS--there's no opera without text. There's no text without the librettist.
There are 5 names missing from the listing for Best Opera Recording: Peter Sellars, Marcela Fuentes-Berain, Mark Campbell, Greg Pierce & Amin Maalouf.
#CreditTheLibrettist
There are 5 names missing from the listing for Best Opera Recording: Peter Sellars, Marcela Fuentes-Berain, Mark Campbell, Greg Pierce & Amin Maalouf.
#CreditTheLibrettist
November 14, 2024 at 8:40 AM
My annual reminder to everyone--especially the GRAMMYS--there's no opera without text. There's no text without the librettist.
There are 5 names missing from the listing for Best Opera Recording: Peter Sellars, Marcela Fuentes-Berain, Mark Campbell, Greg Pierce & Amin Maalouf.
#CreditTheLibrettist
There are 5 names missing from the listing for Best Opera Recording: Peter Sellars, Marcela Fuentes-Berain, Mark Campbell, Greg Pierce & Amin Maalouf.
#CreditTheLibrettist
Fresh off a residency at SUNY Potsdam, which presented the world premiere of Computing Venus, my new opera with composer Timothy C. Takach!
The opera gives a glimpse into the life of 19th century astronomer Maria Mitchell.🔭🌕
Here’s a sneak peek, featuring soprano Camila Aries as Maria…
The opera gives a glimpse into the life of 19th century astronomer Maria Mitchell.🔭🌕
Here’s a sneak peek, featuring soprano Camila Aries as Maria…
November 11, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Fresh off a residency at SUNY Potsdam, which presented the world premiere of Computing Venus, my new opera with composer Timothy C. Takach!
The opera gives a glimpse into the life of 19th century astronomer Maria Mitchell.🔭🌕
Here’s a sneak peek, featuring soprano Camila Aries as Maria…
The opera gives a glimpse into the life of 19th century astronomer Maria Mitchell.🔭🌕
Here’s a sneak peek, featuring soprano Camila Aries as Maria…
Breathe in through your nose…and out through your mouth…
October 3, 2024 at 11:03 PM
Breathe in through your nose…and out through your mouth…
Love waking up to a new musical score in my inbox!
“Paw and Tail,” my newest song cycle with composer Juliana Hall, is officially coming soon. 🐾🦴
“Paw and Tail,” my newest song cycle with composer Juliana Hall, is officially coming soon. 🐾🦴
September 14, 2024 at 10:50 PM
Love waking up to a new musical score in my inbox!
“Paw and Tail,” my newest song cycle with composer Juliana Hall, is officially coming soon. 🐾🦴
“Paw and Tail,” my newest song cycle with composer Juliana Hall, is officially coming soon. 🐾🦴
Estimated Time of Arrival: PEANUT BUTTER
August 30, 2024 at 2:30 AM
Estimated Time of Arrival: PEANUT BUTTER
Pretty excited to be working with Rick Horgan and the fantastic team at Scribner on this new book about the opera culture wars!
As they say, watch this space…
As they say, watch this space…
April 5, 2024 at 2:25 AM
Pretty excited to be working with Rick Horgan and the fantastic team at Scribner on this new book about the opera culture wars!
As they say, watch this space…
As they say, watch this space…
Americans! Show me your pies!!
November 23, 2023 at 12:49 AM
Americans! Show me your pies!!
Thank you! Have to share the finished berry one as well…love a lattice crust!
November 18, 2023 at 8:29 PM
Thank you! Have to share the finished berry one as well…love a lattice crust!
Ex-pat Thanksgiving today!
On the pie menu: cranberry curd tart, maple pecan pie, pumpkin pie, key lime pie, and blackberry-raspberry pie.
On the pie menu: cranberry curd tart, maple pecan pie, pumpkin pie, key lime pie, and blackberry-raspberry pie.
November 18, 2023 at 7:52 PM
Ex-pat Thanksgiving today!
On the pie menu: cranberry curd tart, maple pecan pie, pumpkin pie, key lime pie, and blackberry-raspberry pie.
On the pie menu: cranberry curd tart, maple pecan pie, pumpkin pie, key lime pie, and blackberry-raspberry pie.