After ‘The Death of Klinghoffer,’ Alice Goodman’s Career Was Over – Does She Regret It?

“The controversy silenced her creatively for decades, depriving us of the talents of one of opera’s most poetic librettist. WH Auden said the most important thing the librettist does is inspire the composer. Goodman did that and more: her two libretti stood on their own as works of art. ‘I would have liked to have written more than two operas,’ says Goodman. ‘But I’m glad those were the ones I wrote.'”