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libretto

[li-bret-oh] / lɪˈbrɛt oʊ /




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Pushkin’s text eventually became the libretto that Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov employed in his opera of the same name.

From Salon • May 16, 2026

Ms. Snider’s libretto fictionalizes and extrapolates from the historical record.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026

Scene 2, a scrim projection informs us, takes place eight years later, moving us back into the time frame of the original libretto.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

In 2016, the company gave the premiere of Bright Sheng’s “Dream of the Red Chamber,” which is, like “Monkey,” based on a classic Chinese novel and has a libretto by Hwang.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

The offending piece was Theodora, a setting of a libretto by his friend Thomas Morell, which itself was based on an account of the early Christian martyr by Robert Boyle, the founder of modern chemistry.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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