libretto
Example Sentences
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Versions of this Stravinsky classic, with its libretto based on Russian fairytales, have come and gone for more than a century.
There’s not a traditional libretto, so the story is transmitted mostly through song lyrics.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Jackson’s smart and singable libretto is a potent throughline, its surface comedy floating above a dark and—naturally—complicated view of the modern age.
Ms. Snider’s libretto fictionalizes and extrapolates from the historical record.
Scene 2, a scrim projection informs us, takes place eight years later, moving us back into the time frame of the original libretto.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
