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libretto

/li-bret-oh/US // lɪˈbrɛt oʊ //UK // (lɪˈbrɛtəʊ) //

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural li·bret·tos, li·bret·ti [li-bret-ee]. /lɪˈbrɛt i/.

    • : the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition.
    • : a book or booklet containing such a text.

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Examples

  • The fiercely stubborn Fred Hoyle had a darker, more cynical wit, with an artistic side that showed through in science fiction novels and even the libretto of an opera.

  • I own a CD, have heard it, and have read the libretto three or four times.

  • Ideas for a novel, the notes I took when working with a composer on the libretto for an opera I did in 2008.

  • Watching the court appearance was, to the untrained eye, like watching a German opera without a libretto.

  • As the defense takes center stage tomorrow, lead attorney Jose Baez has already written the legal libretto he must follow.

  • All this role-model stuff has always been garbage and ramped-up sportswriter libretto.

  • The tenor dies; the prima donna appears to do the same, but the libretto consoles you by declaring that she only swoons.

  • He was equally delighted with the music and libretto of Serovs opera Judith, which he heard in 1863.

  • In any case he received the first part of the libretto from Ostrovsky in March or April.

  • A few days ago I was lunching with Ostrovsky, and he proposed, entirely of his own accord, to write a libretto for me.

  • I would give anything just now to get a good historical libretto—not Russian.