“Few of us boggle - though we should - at the fact that Louis Armstrong sang and played trumpet with similar panache, or that Leonard Bernstein and Benjamin Britten were equally adept as composers, conductors and pianists.”

American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist

Terrance Alan Teachout was an American author, critic, biographer, playwright, stage director, and librettist. He wrote widely about the arts and worked across several forms, including criticism, biography, theatre, and opera. Teachout is known for his work as a cultural critic and writer, with a career that ranged from books and essays to plays and stage work. His writing and creative work often reflected close attention to performance and the arts.