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libretto
[ li-bret-oh ]
noun
plural librettos, libretti
- the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
- a book or booklet containing such a text.
libretto
/ ±ôɪˈ²ú°ùÉ›³Ùəʊ /
noun
- a text written for and set to music in an opera, etc
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of libretto1
C18: from Italian, diminutive of libro book
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Kentridge’s libretto is an assemblage of the characters’ words and a range of other historical sources.
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He would grab a bunch of different librettos and “Wicked†was one of them.
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This was particularly notable in a reading of the libretto for a proposed new opera by Ted Hearn, one of our most politically outspoken composers, based on Ursula K Le Guin’s “The Dispossessed.â€
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The last lines of Waldman’s libretto are, “All I want is out of here.â€
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“Cyrano de Bergerac†is built like a libretto.
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