Synonyms for libretto
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : li-bret-oh |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɪˈbrɛt oʊ |
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Définition of libretto
Origin :- (plural libretti), 1742, from Italian libretto, diminutive of libro "book," from Latin liber (genitive libri), see library. Related: Librettist.
- As in lyrics : noun words of a song
- As in script : noun story for a performance
- The music is lost, but the libretto survives, and that is enough to account for the collapse.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- He also seized the opportunity of offering him a libretto for a new oratorio.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- The summer was devoted to the composition of Belshazzar, for which Jennens had supplied the libretto.
- Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent
- In writing the libretto I had become acquainted with the actresses.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
- I do not claim that our libretto was good poetry but it served as a vehicle for the tunes.
- Extract from : « My Reminiscences » by Rabindranath Tagore
- He did not notice that the binding which held the libretto was tricolored.
- Extract from : « The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I (of 2) » by Alexandre Dumas pre
- And he has written a grand opera on a mediæval theme to his own libretto.
- Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
- The libretto is not above criticism; it strikes us that there is not enough of it.
- Extract from : « Second Book of Tales » by Eugene Field
- How little a libretto interprets an opera; how little we care even to read it!
- Extract from : « The Parisians, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- Let Caesar claim the writing of the libretto, if it be Caesar's!
- Extract from : « Vittoria, Complete » by George Meredith
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