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[ li-bret-oh ] / lɪˈbrɛt oʊ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR libretto ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural li·bret·tos, li·bret·ti [li-bret-ee]. /lɪˈbrɛt i/. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition. a book or booklet containing such a text. Origin of libretto1735–45; <Italian, diminutive of libro book <Latin liber;see -et Words nearby librettolibrary table, librate, libration, libratory, librettist, libretto, Libreville, libri, libriform, Librium, Libya Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for librettoI 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|DAILY BEAST Ideas for a novel, the notes I took when working with a composer on the libretto for an opera I did in 2008. Amy Tan: How I Write|Noah Charney|December 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Watching the court appearance was, to the untrained eye, like watching a German opera without a libretto. How the West Memphis Three Got Out|Gerald L. Shargel|August 22, 2011|DAILY BEAST Disconnected episodes, then, may possibly make a vaudeville sketch or the libretto of a lower order of musical comedy. Dramatic Technique|George Pierce Baker
Mr Saltzburg gave a spirited and lifelike representation of a manager laughing ha-ha when begged to disgorge a libretto. The Little Warrior|P. G. Wodehouse That mood does express itself in the plot and the incidents of the libretto, although in them it is empty of value or passion. Essays on Art|A. Clutton-Brock The libretto of Cenerentola is an adaptation from Etiennes Cendrillon. The Life of Rossini|Henry Sutherland Edwards The libretto was written by Ostrowsky, one of the celebrated dramatists of the day. The World's Great Men of Music|Harriette Brower
British Dictionary definitions for libretto
noun plural -tos or -ti (-tiː)a text written for and set to music in an opera, etc Word Origin for librettoC18: from Italian, diminutive of libro book Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to librettodialogue, scenario, manuscript, text, book, article, copy, theme, verse, words, lines, typescript, playbook |