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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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