0 the words that are sung or spoken in a musical work for the theatre --
1 the words that are sung or spoken in an opera or similar musical performance --
Printed rubrics from the libretto are in italics; sung text is in inverted commas.
He laboriously rewrote the libretto as a legitimate account of the past and strove to display a reliable knowledge of his subject's historical sources.
Even though the libretto indicates each divertissement for the ballet, the dancers, here representing priests and demons, certainly also participated in the instrumental airs.
All quotations from the libretto are from this edition, indicated by a page number in brackets.
They ground their interpretations in diverse historical documents including scores and librettos, political manifestos, poetry and medical texts.
A chronological examination of die libretti demonstrates, however, a gradual demand for realism to the extent that writing and decor became more equally weighted.
As the duet begins, the libretto's earlier language of visions and thought is almost entirely taken over by the language of sounds, listening, voices.
Some musicologists have argued for a relationship between the thirty-four chords and later musical statements in the opera, statements tied to both plot and libretto.
