libretto
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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.
Six years later, Gershwin persuaded Heyward to help him transform it into an opera—with Heyward writing the libretto and sharing lyric duties with George’s brother, Ira.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
