librettos
- plural of libretto.
Example Sentences
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That certainly appealed to Hammerstein, he said, whose librettos tended to have political aspects to them.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 27, 2026
Italian soprano Carmela Remigio told the Corriere della Sera newspaper that it was thanks to the opera and its librettos that Italian language was still known in the world.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2023
So she taught herself to write English librettos by studying Wagner and contemporary artists like poet Alice Goodman and composer Kaija Saariaho.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Although he adapted familiar books by Emily Bronte, John Steinbeck and Robert Penn Warren for these pieces, working closely with the last two authors, Mr. Floyd always wrote his own librettos.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021
They were both of the familiar "prima donna in tights" type, and their librettos were without striking originality, and their scores showed only commonplace tunefulness.
From Famous Prima Donnas by Strang, Lewis Clinton
