About Maryanne Bertollo

Welcome to my world! I hope we can share a creative journey together

Fun facts: I have a BA in English from Bennington College. Though I currently live in NYC, I’ve studied and worked in both the UK and India. Nineteenth-century literature has provided inspiration for many of my works. Before taking up libretto, I published several novels under the pen name Annabelle Troy; these titles include Jane Eyre Gets Real, Hansel and Gretel in the House of Candy and The Grace of the Hunchback. To date, my original operas (I am the librettist, Edmund Cionek the composer) are Elizabeth Frankenstein and Blue Tattoo aka Returning: the Ordeal of Olive Oatman,

Coming up: I plan to teach a course entitled Vibrato Vixens at the NYU School of Professional Studies in autumn, 2025. Link for registration is below:

https://www.sps.nyu.edu/professional-pathways/courses/LITR1-CE9970-vibrato-vixens-women-in-literature-and-opera.html