Libretto
Libretto noun - The words of an opera or musical play.
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Synonyms for Libretto
Text is a synonym for libretto in words topic. In some cases you can use "Text" instead a noun "Libretto", when it comes to topics like lyric, story for a performance, words of a song.
Nearby Word: librettist
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In fact, the libretto simply sets the original text of the play to music.
Source: All Musicals Are Adaptations -
Adaptation Expansion: When Händel decided to write an opera based on Congreve's Semele libretto, an unknown poet added substantially to the text, borrowing from a number of authors.
Source: Music / George Frederic Handel
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Text and Libretto. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/libretto/text
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