How to Use libretto in a Sentence

libretto

noun

• That led to the intake form as a jumping-off point for the libretto.
  — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
• There are no traces of the meadows, or the woodland murmurs the libretto refers to.
  — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2018
• That more than half of the libretto is in Latin and still manages to wrench hearts is its own marvel.
  — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
• The hulking singer's story has more plot twists than an Italian libretto.
  — Ashley Vaughan, CNN, 1 June 2018
• Glam rock always has a story to tell, and has that powerful voice with a little hint of libretto.
  — Da'shan Smith, Billboard, 18 May 2017
• That’s the best way to be sure that the music and the libretto complement one another.
  — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 8 Dec. 2017
• Quaid’s libretto and Schlosberg’s treatment of it are more sure of themselves.
  — Joshua Barone, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
• Sondheim reminds us of what’s possible when the high points of a score are tethered to the high points in a libretto.
  — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
• Because there is no dialogue in the book, much of the libretto is invented.
  — New York Times, 8 Dec. 2021
• Bardo would also be a cinch to adapt because parts of this book already resemble a libretto.
  — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
• The libretto, by Gene Scheer, is little better.
  — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
• For a work that lasts 100 minutes, the entire libretto fits on three pages, and that’s using large type.
  — Christian Hertzog, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 Oct. 2017
• In other cases, the opera’s libretto itself lends itself to the moment.
  — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 2 June 2021
• So ‘Darkest Hour’ tries to deal with that in its libretto and — in a very real way — wrestles with that.
  — George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
• The projection of the libretto on the screen was a great help in following this unfamiliar tale.
  — Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2023
• Jenny O'Connell's to-the-point libretto both make a strong impression.
  — Terry Blain Special To The Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• Thus, as staged without the buildup that comes with a full libretto, the ending wasn’t going to have the usual climactic impact.
  — David Patrick Stearns, Philly.com, 13 Oct. 2017
• And their productions are often at odds with the operas being staged — that is, with the music, librettos, and stories.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 June 2023
• Since the opera is still three years away and the libretto is not completely set, Frank is in the very early stages of composing the music.
  — Punch Shaw, star-telegram, 3 Aug. 2017
• In addition to writing the libretto for these shows, Smith often appears as a narrator and the lone voice on stage.
  — Lauren Warnecke, chicagotribune.com, 9 June 2019
• There’s not a traditional libretto, so the story is transmitted mostly through song lyrics.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
• Flanagan’s libretto is compact but thick with complexity and layered themes.
  — Michael Zwiebach, San Francisco Chronicle, 14 Mar. 2026
• The libretto is by Hilary Blecher, with lyrics and monologues by Migdalia Cruz.
  — Donna Freedman, Anchorage Daily News, 13 Feb. 2020
• It was based on the 1995 movie, but the lyrics and libretto were written by Wong, who also directed.
  — Karen Ho, GQ, 27 June 2018
• The first sequence is in Latin, and while there’s a translation in the libretto, it’s meant to roll over you, its quaestiones part of a pulchra mundi.
  — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 30 Mar. 2022
• Melanie Challenger compiled the libretto, and the music is by James Whitbourn.
  — Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
• Beneath the dry legal verbiage, the timeline described in the 28-page complaint reads almost like the libretto of a five-act opera.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026
• Muhly, who composed the opera’s final section, has special praise for Jackson’s libretto.
  — Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2026
• The opera by Richard Strauss features a German translation of Wilde’s play as the libretto.
  — Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
• The opera unfolds in 13 scenes over two acts to a vivid libretto by Hilary Blecher and Migdalia Cruz.
  — Janelle Gelfand, Cincinnati.com, 24 June 2017