libretto
Americannoun
plural
librettos, libretti-
the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
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a book or booklet containing such a text.
noun
Etymology
Origin of libretto
1735–45; < Italian, diminutive of libro book < Latin liber; -et
Example Sentences
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Ms. Snider’s libretto fictionalizes and extrapolates from the historical record.
Scene 2, a scrim projection informs us, takes place eight years later, moving us back into the time frame of the original libretto.
Six years later, Gershwin persuaded Heyward to help him transform it into an opera—with Heyward writing the libretto and sharing lyric duties with George’s brother, Ira.
Nor is it David Henry Hwang’s user-friendly libretto based on the late Ming Dynasty Chinese classic, “Journey to the West.”
From Los Angeles Times
Featuring a libretto by playwright and TV writer David West Read, choreography by Jennifer Weber and nearly 30 hits by Martin, the stakes felt very high going in.
From Los Angeles Times
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