Definition of LIBRETTO

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Recent Examples on the Web Anne Kingsmill Finch’s libretto spryly comments on the easygoing Restoration hedonism of Charles’s court with 17th-century insider jokes that director Julia Bengtsson has reinterpreted as generic, winking irony. — Washington Post, "Opera Lafayette shows political sycophancy, 17th-century style," 22 Nov. 2019 PAGLIACCI Music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. — BostonGlobe.com, "Boston Lyric Opera takes ‘Pagliacci’ to the circus - The Boston Globe," 29 Sep. 2019 Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Lynn Nottage wrote the musical’s libretto, which is said to take place in 1992, just as Jackson is releasing his Dangerous album. — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, "Broadway's Michael Jackson Musical Lands Hairspray Live's Ephraim Sykes to Play Singer," 21 Nov. 2019 The book provided the libretto for an oratorio with music by her sister, composer Sarah Meneely-Kyder. — Carole Goldberg, courant.com, "Write Stuff: Ta-Nehisi Coates in New Haven, Reyna Grande at Hartford library," 13 Nov. 2019 McNally’s libretto somehow manages to provide religious discourse while keeping the story pressing briskly forward, and the touches of humor that McNally wrote into the script bring welcome moments of respite. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "Lyric Opera review: ‘Dead Man Walking’ powerfully probes guilt and redemption," 3 Nov. 2019 But the lack of movement during the triumphal march makes for dull watching, and a few references in the libretto to the presence of prisoners is awkward. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: Power-voiced princesses highlight San Diego Opera’s season-opening ‘Aida’," 20 Oct. 2019 The libretto may not break the toxicity meter, but it is uncomfortably populated by stereotypes, with colonial order valorized as the peaceable solution to a world out of joint. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "An 18th-Century Opera, Supercharged for Our Time," 14 Oct. 2019 The libretto examines the nature of the transactional relationship — including desire, vulnerability and cunning. — Los Angeles Times, "Datebook: Gabriela Ruiz uses technology to reimagine herself in strange ways at VPAM," 20 Sep. 2019

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“Libretto.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/libretto. Accessed 25 January 2020.