(n.) A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.
(n.) The words themselves.
Example Sentences:
(1) I loved my Toshiba Libretto and yearned for a similarly-sized MacBook.
(2) I would like to write a ballet, I’d like to write a libretto, I want to write a musical … I’ve got a lot of other things I’d like to do.” Inspired by a two-minute appearance in James Graham’s election-themed The Vote (the same role Jude Law did on another night, he beams), he’s even keen to get back on stage.
(3) Two years ago, when it was staged in London, Alice Goodman, who wrote the libretto, told the Guardian that the furore had ended her career .
(4) Her libretto told the story of the real-life murder of Leon Klinghoffer, an elderly Jewish American, by Palestinian terrorists on an Italian cruise liner in 1985.
(5) Writing the libretto was the culmination of a spiritual and ethical journey for Goodman.
(6) When Alice Goodman was writing the libretto for The Death of Klinghoffer , she sensed she was creating something extraordinary.
(7) The only hazard to this libretto is that their conflict, which has become an iconic representation of the tension between top-down and organic notions of urbanism, was one in which most contact was indirect.
(8) Potted profile Born 1967 Career Started writing plays in Cork in 1993 and has since authored 17 stage plays, two radio plays, three screenplays, the book for a musical and an opera libretto.
(9) rts.org.uk Curriculum vitae Age 54 Education St Aloysius’ College, Glasgow, University of Glasgow, University College, Oxford Career 1994 co-writer, co-director, Knowing Me, Knowing You 2001 The Armando Iannucci Show, Channel 4 2005 creator, The Thick Of It 2008 wrote libretto for Opera North’s production Skin Deep 2009 film director, In The Loop 2012 creator, Veep 2013 co-writer Alan Partridge, Alpha Papa
(10) Sir Peter's wide vocal repertoire and imaginative range took in the creation of the rough-hewn and tormentedly boy-obsessed Peter Grimes, the modernising of Suffolk and other folk songs, and even a contribution to the libretto for one of Britten's sunnier operas, A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(11) When was the last time you witnessed 1,300 wealthy theatergoers totally captivated – not answering their cellphones, not asleep, not talking to their dates – by a libretto written completely in verse?
(12) Proulx went one step further, offering to write the libretto.
(13) But her libretto gave voice to his murderers' motives.
Musical
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
(n.) Music.
(n.) A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party.
Example Sentences:
(1) National policy on the longer-term future of the services will not be known until the government publishes a national music plan later this term.
(2) This week MediaGuardian 25, our survey of Britain's most important media companies, covering TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, music and digital, looks at BSkyB.
(3) Living by the "Big River" as a child, Cash soaked up work songs, church music, and country & western from radio station WMPS in Memphis, or the broadcasts from Nashville's Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Saturday evenings.
(4) Subjects' musical backgrounds were evaluated with a survey questionnaire.
(5) On raw music scores a sex-linked, time-of-day-induced priming effect was due to the prior presentation of CVs--that is, cognitive priming.
(6) Lady Gaga is not the first big music star to make a new album available early to mobile customers.
(7) He had links to networks including the Hammerskin Nation and was involved in an underground music scene often referred to as "white power music" or "hate rock".
(8) Strict fundamentalists oppose music in any form as a sensual distraction - the Taliban, of course, banned music in Afghanistan.
(9) Amplitude of the musical vibrations decreased by inhalation of amyl nitrite, but increased by infusion of methoxamine.
(10) While a clearcut relationship cannot be established between heavy metal music and destructive behavior, evidence shows that such music promotes and supports patterns of drug abuse, promiscuous sexual activity, and violence.
(11) For Burroughs, who had been publishing ground-breaking books for 20 years without much appreciable financial return, it was association with fame and the music industry, as well as the possible benefits: a wider readership, film hook-ups and more money.
(12) Much of the week's music isn't actually sanctioned by the festival, with evenings hosted by blogs, brands, magazines, labels and, for some reason, Cirque du Soleil .
(13) The musical would begin previews in Chicago on December 21, and move to Broadway in February.
(14) His coding talent attracted attention early: a music-recommendation program he wrote as a teenager brought approaches from both Microsoft and AOL.
(15) Thanks to the groundbreaking technology and heavy investment of a new breed of entertainment retailers offering access services, we are witnessing a revolution in the entertainment industry, benefitting consumers, creators and content owners alike.” ERA acts as a forum for the physical and digital retail sectors of music, and represents over 90% of the of the UK’s entertainment retail market.
(16) In film, music videos and TV shows, especially those traditionally consumed by a young demographic, we are used to seeing women stripping and frolicking with one another.
(17) If we’ve a duty to pass folk music on, we should also bring it up to date and make it relevant to our times,” he says.
(18) Changes to the Mac Pro desktop computer are also expected, as is a new music streaming service .
(19) "What this proves is that the way Bowie engineered his comeback was a stroke of genius," said music writer Simon Price.
(20) Was that misreading the mood music of the referendum?” He claimed that many Tories had expressed their anger directly to Rudd about the controversial policy, which has since been watered down.