libretto
the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
a book or booklet containing such a text.
Origin of libretto
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The fiercely stubborn Fred Hoyle had a darker, more cynical wit, with an artistic side that showed through in science fiction novels and even the libretto of an opera.
‘Flashes of Creation’ recounts the Big Bang theory’s origin story | Christopher Crockett | August 24, 2021 | Science NewsI own a CD, have heard it, and have read the libretto three or four times.
Rudy Giuliani: Why I Protested ‘The Death of Klinghoffer’ | Rudy Giuliani | October 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIdeas for a novel, the notes I took when working with a composer on the libretto for an opera I did in 2008.
Watching the court appearance was, to the untrained eye, like watching a German opera without a libretto.
As the defense takes center stage tomorrow, lead attorney Jose Baez has already written the legal libretto he must follow.
All this role-model stuff has always been garbage and ramped-up sportswriter libretto.
The tenor dies; the prima donna appears to do the same, but the libretto consoles you by declaring that she only swoons.
Physiology of The Opera | John H. Swaby (AKA "Scrici")He was equally delighted with the music and libretto of Serovs opera Judith, which he heard in 1863.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyIn any case he received the first part of the libretto from Ostrovsky in March or April.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyA few days ago I was lunching with Ostrovsky, and he proposed, entirely of his own accord, to write a libretto for me.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyI would give anything just now to get a good historical libretto—not Russian.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste Tchaikovsky
British Dictionary definitions for libretto
/ (lɪˈbrɛtəʊ) /
a text written for and set to music in an opera, etc
Origin of libretto
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