Ian McEwan Writes A Libretto. Next Up? Musicals.

Novelist Ian McEwan has ventured into opera with the libretto of “For You,” composed by Michael Berkeley. McEwan isn’t a frequent operagoer, but only because he doesn’t usually like it. “Because of the terrible plots,” he explains. “The biggest problem with opera, for me, is the disjunction between the sublime quality of the music and the silliness, often, of the drama. “