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Text used in an extended musical work such as an opera or musical
A libretto (from the Italian word libretto, lit. 'booklet') is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta,
Libretto
Subnotebook computers
The Libretto (Italian for "booklet") is a line of subnotebook computers that was designed and produced by Toshiba. The line was distinguished by its combination
Toshiba_Libretto
Musical artist
The Librettos was a New Zealand pop/R&B group, active from 1960 to 1966. They were one of New Zealand's most popular bands in 1964–65, and after relocating
The_Librettos
Ezio is an opera libretto by Pietro Metastasio, first officially set to music by Pietro Auletta and premièred in the Teatro delle Dame, Rome, on December
Ezio_(libretto)
The Toshiba Libretto W100 is a dual-touchscreen computer from the Toshiba Libretto series. The W100 was released for the 25th anniversary of Toshiba in
Toshiba_Libretto_W100
1791 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. It is a Singspiel, a popular form that included
The_Magic_Flute
An electronic libretto system is a device used primarily in opera houses which presents translations of lyrics into an audience's language or transcribes
Electronic_libretto
ˈʃmiːt], "Wieland the Smith") is a draft by Richard Wagner for an opera libretto based on the Germanic legend of Wayland Smith. It is listed in the
Wieland der Schmied (libretto)
Wieland_der_Schmied_(libretto)
Myth of the Greek warrior's life
It has often been used as the theme for an opera or ballet, with the libretto by Metastasio as the most popular. The first opera based on this story
Achilles_on_Skyros
celebrated opera composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Mozart employed a libretto written by his close colleague Emanuel Schikaneder, the director of the
Libretto_of_The_Magic_Flute
2018 studio album by Marilyn Crispell, Tanya Kalmanovitch, and Richard Teitelbaum
Dream Libretto is an album by pianist Marilyn Crispell, violinist Tanya Kalmanovitch, and electronic musician Richard Teitelbaum. It was recorded at Nevessa
Dream_Libretto
1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to an Italian libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. Its subject is a centuries-old Spanish legend about
Don_Giovanni
Italian Disney comics magazine launched in 1932
(giornale) was #738; on April 10, 1949 the first issue of Topolino digest (libretto) format was released. Topolino started as a monthly comic book, and the
Topolino
Italian opera composer (1858–1924)
tabarro, libretto by Giuseppe Adami Suor Angelica, libretto by Giovacchino Forzano Gianni Schicchi, libretto by Giovacchino Forzano Turandot, libretto by Renato
Giacomo_Puccini
Il re pastore is a 1750 Italian-language opera libretto written by Metastasio. It was first set by Giuseppe Bonno in 1751, but best known today in the
Il_re_pastore_(libretto)
including ten in the then-emerging opera genre. Of these, both the music and libretto for three are extant: L'Orfeo (1607), Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria (1640)
List of operas by Claudio Monteverdi
List_of_operas_by_Claudio_Monteverdi
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
Renaissance/early Baroque favola in musica, or opera, by Claudio Monteverdi, with a libretto by Alessandro Striggio. It is based on the Greek legend of Orpheus, and
L'Orfeo
2010 studio album by Kanon Wakeshima
"Lolitawork Libretto" (少女仕掛けのリブレット, Shoujo Jikake no Riburetto) is the second studio album by singer and cellist Kanon Wakeshima. The song "Toumei no Kagi"
Lolitawork_Libretto
English composer (1950–1992)
performed, according to Grove. Libretto is by the composer unless otherwise given: All the Tea in China (1969) one act, libretto by L. du Garde Peach Slippery
Stephen_Oliver_(composer)
1639 opera by Claudio Monteverdi
and five acts (later revised to three), set by Claudio Monteverdi to a libretto by Giacomo Badoaro. The opera was first performed at the Teatro Santi Giovanni
Il_ritorno_d'Ulisse_in_patria
Aria from W. A. Mozart's opera The Magic Flute
aria earlier in the opera, "O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn". The German libretto of The Magic Flute was written by Emanuel Schikaneder, who also led the
Queen_of_the_Night_aria
librettos that were adopted by Picander in his 1728–29 cycle may have been set by Bach in 1727. Recent recovery of a copy of Birkmann's 1728 libretto
Church cantatas of Bach's third to fifth year in Leipzig
Church_cantatas_of_Bach's_third_to_fifth_year_in_Leipzig
1832 opera by Gaetano Donizetti
composer Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto, after Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's Le philtre (1831). The opera premiered
L'elisir_d'amore
Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi
pronunciation: [oˈtɛllo]) is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on Shakespeare's play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate
Otello
1816 opera by Gioachino Rossini
two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The libretto was based on Pierre Beaumarchais's French comedy The Barber
The_Barber_of_Seville
Aria from Puccini's 1900 opera Tosca
act of Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca from 1900, composed to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung in act 3 by Mario Cavaradossi
E_lucevan_le_stelle
1786 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with an Italian libretto written by Lorenzo Da Ponte. It premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on 1 May 1786. The opera's libretto is based on the 1784
The_Marriage_of_Figaro
Aspect of musical history
by an orchestra, and a written dramatic text—expressed in the form of a libretto—interpreted vocally by singers of different tessitura: tenor, baritone
History_of_opera
Italian noblewoman (died 1283–1286)
Rimini, opera in two acts, libretto by Felice Romani (Padua 1823) Luigi Carlini, Francesca da Rimini, opera in two acts, libretto by Felice Romani (Naples
Francesca_da_Rimini
Only opera by Ludwig van Beethoven
Op. 72, is the sole opera by German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. The libretto was originally prepared by Joseph Sonnleithner from the French of Jean-Nicolas
Fidelio
1904 opera by Giacomo Puccini
opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. The Schickling catalog number is
Madama_Butterfly
1725 opera by Handel
Academy of Music by George Frideric Handel. The libretto is by Nicola Francesco Haym, based on an earlier libretto by Antonio Salvi. Rodelinda has long been
Rodelinda_(opera)
Opera by Antonio Vivaldi
libretto by Domenico Lalli, which in Giovanni Porta's setting premiered in Venice in 1717. Claudio Nicola Stampa's reworked version of the libretto was
Argippo
1871 tragic opera by Giuseppe Verdi
[aˈiːda]) is a tragic opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni. Set in the Old Kingdom of Egypt, it was commissioned
Aida
Soprano aria by composer George Frideric Handel
also the reproduction of the 1711 libretto above). The text in rhyme, by Samuel Humphreys, is drawn from the 1731 libretto Dean & Knapp 1995, pp. 176–178
Lascia_ch'io_pianga
1791 opera by W. A. Mozart
opera seria) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composed to an existing Italian libretto by Pietro Metastasio as modified by Caterino Mazzolà. Mozart completed
La_clemenza_di_Tito
1691 semi-opera by Dryden and Purcell
628), is a semi-opera in five acts with music by Henry Purcell and a libretto by John Dryden. It was first performed at the Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden
King_Arthur_(opera)
Opera by Claudio Monteverdi
extended recitative known as "Lamento d'Arianna" ("Ariadne's Lament"). The libretto, which survives complete, was written in eight scenes by Ottavio Rinuccini
L'Arianna
1797 opera libretto by Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter
Die Geisterinsel (German for The Enchanted Island) is an opera libretto written by German poet and dramatist Friedrich Wilhelm Gotter (1746–1797), based
Die_Geisterinsel_(libretto)
1926 opera by Giacomo Puccini
[turanˈdɔt] ; see below) is an opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini to a libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. Puccini died in 1924, and
Turandot
Aria from Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's 1786 opera The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492, to a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte. In the duettino, Countess Almaviva (a soprano) dictates
Sull'aria ... che soave zeffiretto
Sull'aria_..._che_soave_zeffiretto
the composer, he should have considerable input into the content of the libretto, so that it would best serve the music. Musicologist Charles Rosen writes
List of operas by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
List_of_operas_by_Wolfgang_Amadeus_Mozart
American poet and librettist (1921–1975)
and translator, best known for collaborating with W. H. Auden on opera librettos for Igor Stravinsky and other composers. Kallman was born in Brooklyn
Chester_Kallman
1896 opera by Giacomo Puccini
acts, composed by Giacomo Puccini between 1893 and 1895 to an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa, based on Scènes de la vie de bohème
La_bohème
Britten with opus number. Paul Bunyan, Op. 17: Operetta in two acts, 114'. Libretto by W. H. Auden, after the American folktale. Premiered on 5 May 1941 at
List of compositions by Benjamin Britten
List_of_compositions_by_Benjamin_Britten
1782 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Seraglio) is a singspiel in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The German libretto is by Gottlieb Stephanie, based on Christoph Friedrich Bretzner's Belmont
Die_Entführung_aus_dem_Serail
the first Armenian classical opera, composed by Tigran Chukhajian to a libretto by Tovmas Terzian, written first in Italian and then translated into Armenian
Arshak_II_(opera)
German actor and singer (1751–1812)
German impresario, dramatist, actor, singer, and composer. He wrote the libretto of Mozart's opera Die Zauberflöte and was the builder of the Theater an
Emanuel_Schikaneder
1737 opera by Handel
Italian-language libretto was adapted from Charles VI's court poet Pietro Pariati's libretto for Giustino (1711), after the much older original libretto of Nicolò
Giustino_(Handel)
First modern opera
known work that, by modern standards, could be considered an opera. The libretto by Ottavio Rinuccini, based on an earlier intermedio created in 1589, "Combattimento
Dafne
Opera by John Adams
Atomic is an opera by the contemporary American composer John Adams, with a libretto by Peter Sellars. It premiered at the San Francisco Opera on October 1
Doctor_Atomic
1853 opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Fallen Woman) is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi set to an Italian libretto by Francesco Maria Piave. It is based on La Dame aux camélias (1852), a
La_traviata
1909 opera by Richard Strauss
Elektra, Op. 58, is a one-act opera by Richard Strauss, to a German-language libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which he adapted from his 1903 drama Elektra
Elektra_(opera)
such as Claude-François Fillette-Loraux's libretto (1791) for Luigi Cherubini and Francesco Gonella's libretto for (1796) Simon Mayr and Ferdinando Paer
List of operas by Gioachino Rossini
List_of_operas_by_Gioachino_Rossini
Scarlatti: La Giuditta, Rome, 1693, for five voices, strings and continuo; libretto by Cardinal Pietro Ottoboni. "Scarlatti considered [La Giuditta] his finest
La_Giuditta
1879 opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes), composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The libretto, organised by the composer himself, very closely follows certain passages
Eugene_Onegin_(opera)
button. Olimpiade: Donizetti composed the one duet from Metastasio's famous libretto, probably during his student days for his friends. A copyist full score
List of operas by Gaetano Donizetti
List_of_operas_by_Gaetano_Donizetti
1835 opera by Gaetano Donizetti
composer Gaetano Donizetti. Salvadore Cammarano wrote the Italian-language libretto loosely based upon Walter Scott's 1819 historical novel The Bride of Lammermoor
Lucia_di_Lammermoor
des Nouveautés, Paris. Faust. Grand-ballet in 3 acts. Choreography and libretto by André-Jean-Jacques Deshayes. 16 February 1833. King's Theatre, London
List of ballets by Adolphe Adam
List_of_ballets_by_Adolphe_Adam
Aria from the opera Madama Butterfly, composed by Giacomo Puccini
aria from the opera Madama Butterfly (1904) by Giacomo Puccini, set to a libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa. It is sung by Cio-Cio San (Butterfly)
Un_bel_dì,_vedremo
German painter
Wolf and another, The Flight into Egypt was the libretto for a cantata by Max Bruch. He wrote the libretto to Schumann's opera Genoveva. Reinick was born
Robert_Reinick
Aria in Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro
bass from Mozart's 1786 opera The Marriage of Figaro, K. 492. The Italian libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte based on a stage comedy by Pierre Beaumarchais
Non_più_andrai
1790 Italian-language opera buffa by W. A. Mozart
performed on 26 January 1790 at the Burgtheater in Vienna, Austria. The libretto was written by Lorenzo Da Ponte who also wrote Le nozze di Figaro and Don
Così_fan_tutte
1843 comic opera by Donizetti
three acts, with an Italian libretto completed largely by Giovanni Ruffini as well as the composer. It was based on a libretto by Angelo Anelli for Stefano
Don_Pasquale
1859 opera by Giuseppe Verdi
Giuseppe Verdi. The text, by Antonio Somma, was based on Eugène Scribe's libretto for Daniel Auber's 1833 five act opera, Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué.
Un_ballo_in_maschera
1779 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
Willibald Gluck in four acts. It was his fifth opera for the French stage. The libretto was written by Nicolas-François Guillard. With Iphigénie, Gluck took his
Iphigénie_en_Tauride
Opera by Antonio Salieri
is an opéra (tragédie lyrique) composed by Antonio Salieri to a French libretto by Pierre Beaumarchais. It was first performed by the Paris Opera at the
Tarare_(opera)
1920 ballet by Igor Stravinsky
Ernest Ansermet. The central dancer, Léonide Massine, created both the libretto and the choreography, while Pablo Picasso designed the costumes and sets
Pulcinella_(ballet)
1956 opera by Francis Poulenc
orchestral interludes, with music and libretto by Francis Poulenc, completed in 1956. Poulenc wrote the libretto for his second opera after the work of
Dialogues_of_the_Carmelites
1918 opera by Béla Bartók
Duke's Castle) is a one-act Symbolist opera by Béla Bartók to a Hungarian libretto by poet Béla Balázs. Bartók's only opera, it is based on the French folk
Bluebeard's_Castle
Dramma lirico in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli
Gioconda is an opera in four acts by Amilcare Ponchielli set to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito (as Tobia Gorrio), based on Angelo, Tyrant of Padua, a
La_Gioconda_(opera)
story of magical dolls coming to life in a Viennese toy shop at night. The libretto was written by Joseph Hassreiter and Franz Xaver Gaul. The ballet's first
The_Fairy_Doll_(ballet)
1781 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
366) is an Italian-language opera seria by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was adapted by Giambattista Varesco from a French text by Antoine Danchet
Idomeneo
(Handel). Handel's only work for the theatre that is set to an English libretto. 1733 Orlando (Handel). An opera that is described by Anthony Hicks as
List_of_prominent_operas
Wilson) Satyagraha (1978–1979, premiered in 1980, libretto by Constance DeJong) Akhnaten (1983, libretto by Philip Glass and Shalom Goldman) The Civil Wars:
List of compositions by Philip Glass
List_of_compositions_by_Philip_Glass
Italian librettist, professor, and Roman Catholic priest (1749–1838)
Figaro, Da Ponte included a preface to the libretto that hints at his technique and objectives in libretto writing, as well as his close working with
Lorenzo_Da_Ponte
1762 opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck
by Christoph Willibald Gluck, based on the myth of Orpheus and set to a libretto by Ranieri de' Calzabigi. It belongs to the genre of the azione teatrale
Orfeo_ed_Euridice
Opera by Purcell
three acts, written by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the
Dido_and_Aeneas
L'Olimpiade is an opera libretto in three acts by Pietro Metastasio originally written for an operatic setting by Antonio Caldara of 1733. Metastasio's
L'Olimpiade
(Italian pronunciation: [ˌre lˈli(ːa)r]; King Lear) is an Italian operatic libretto in four acts written by Antonio Somma for the Italian opera composer Giuseppe
Re_Lear
Opera by Richard Strauss
a Shadow), Op. 65, is an opera in three acts by Richard Strauss with a libretto by his long-time collaborator, the poet Hugo von Hofmannsthal. It was written
Die_Frau_ohne_Schatten
Political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht
Mahagonny) is a political-satirical opera composed by Kurt Weill to a German libretto by Bertolt Brecht and Elisabeth Hauptmann. It was first performed on 9
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Rise_and_Fall_of_the_City_of_Mahagonny
Opera by George Gershwin
an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted
Porgy_and_Bess
Italian aria
ponders them with his broken heart. Leopoldo Marenco wrote the Italian libretto. È la solita storia del pastore... Il povero ragazzo voleva raccontarla
È la solita storia del pastore
È_la_solita_storia_del_pastore
1711 opera by George Frideric Handel
Italian-language opera written specifically for the London stage. The libretto was prepared by Giacomo Rossi from a scenario provided by Aaron Hill, and
Rinaldo_(opera)
Opera by Richard Strauss
merging. › Salome, Op. 54, is an opera in one act by Richard Strauss. The libretto is Hedwig Lachmann's German translation of the 1891 French play Salomé
Salome_(opera)
1902 opera by Claude Debussy
Mélisande) is an opera in five acts with music by Claude Debussy. The French libretto was adapted from Maurice Maeterlinck's symbolist play of the same name
Pelléas_et_Mélisande_(opera)
1871 comic opera by Gilbert & Sullivan
the libretto that attempts to correct the many errors noted in the surviving libretto. Rees also prepared a performance version, based on the libretto, which
Thespis_(opera)
("Narcissus"), is an opera in three acts composed by Domenico Scarlatti to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece. It premiered in Rome in January 1714 at the
Amor d'un'ombra e gelosia d'un'aura
Amor_d'un'ombra_e_gelosia_d'un'aura
Opera by Johann Adolph Hasse
gratitudine) is an opera in three acts composed by Johann Adolph Hasse to a libretto by Pietro Metastasio. It was first staged on 16 October 1771 for the wedding
Il_Ruggiero
2026 studio album by the Protomen
in Nashville. Physical copies of CD albums are accompanied by printed libretto in liner note booklets that include illustrations, narration, and stage
Act_III:_This_City_Made_Us
1901 opera by Antonín Dvořák
frequenting the standard repertoire worldwide. Jaroslav Kvapil wrote the libretto on Karel Jaromír Erben's and Božena Němcová's fairy tales. The rusalka
Rusalka_(opera)
Scottish playwright (born 1951)
the BBC) such as Sea Urchins and Gladly My Cross Eyed Bear (1999), the libretto to Hey Persephone!, performed at Aldeburgh with music by Deirdre Gribbin
Sharman_Macdonald
Opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo
'Clowns') is an Italian opera in a prologue and two acts, with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo. The opera tells the tale of Canio, actor and leader
Pagliacci
Ballet choreographed by Michel Fokine
Alexander Tcherepnin. It was choreographed by Michel Fokine to his own libretto, with costumes designed by Léon Bakst, and premiered in Pavlovsk on 5 March
Carnaval_(ballet)
Cantata composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
1729, to a libretto from the printed cycle of 70 cantata texts for 1728–29 by Picander. Later additions to this cycle and Picander librettos without extant
Church_cantata_(Bach)
Album by The Mothers of Invention
compositions, referred to on the album cover as two “oratorios” (with librettos available by mail order), is seen as an important and influential precursor
Absolutely_Free
entrées (as well as, originally, a celebratory epilogue later removed). The libretto was written by Pierre-Charles Roy. It was styled "the third ballet danced
Les_élémens
Somma worked with Verdi on completing a libretto for an opera based on Shakespeare's King Lear. This libretto was based on an incomplete one written by
List of compositions by Giuseppe Verdi
List_of_compositions_by_Giuseppe_Verdi
American writer, lyricist and composer (1860–1936)
he is said to have written over 300 librettos and more than 6000 lyrics. Some of his best-known works were librettos for the composers Victor Herbert and
Harry_B._Smith
LIBRETTO
LIBRETTO
LIBRETTO
Girl/Female
Biblical
Wiping away, breaking, fearing, smiting.
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish, Finnish, German, Japanese, Romanian, Swedish
Wealth; Poem Child; Fortunate Maid of Battle; Prospers in Battle; Poem
Boy/Male
Tamil
Another name of Lord Vishnu
Boy/Male
Hindu
Gift
Female
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of Irish Gaelic Muirgheal, MUIREALL means "sea-bright."
Boy/Male
English American
Herb garden. From the meadow farm. A surname and place name.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Council
Female
Russian
(Света) Pet form of Russian Svetlana, SVETA means "light."
Boy/Male
Arabic, Indian, Sanskrit
Beautiful; Worthy of Praise
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Lord Krishna
LIBRETTO
LIBRETTO
LIBRETTO
LIBRETTO
LIBRETTO
pl.
of Libretto
n.
The words themselves.
pl.
of Libretto
n.
One who makes a libretto.
n.
A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.