Libretto
Libretto noun - The words of an opera or musical play.
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Plot and libretto are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Plot" instead a noun "Libretto".
Nearby Word: librettist
Plot
Plot noun - A secret plan for accomplishing evil or unlawful ends.
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All There in the Manual: To fully understand the setting and plot, you need to read the history and libretto on the official website.
Source: Theatre / Hadestown -
However, when another adaptation of the same plot hit the stage first, Mozart and Emanuel Schikaneder completely reworked the libretto, so it became something else.
Source: Adaptation Displacement - The Snow Maiden (Russian: Снегурочка, Snegurochka) is a fairytale drama written in 1873 by Alexandr Ostrovsky, and an opera by Rimsky-Korsakov based on the play, with the libretto being quite faithful to the plot.
Source: Theatre / The Snow Maiden
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Plot and Libretto. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/libretto/plot
Libretto & Plot. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/libretto/plot>.
Plot or Libretto. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/libretto/plot.
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