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The 39 pages that link to Libretto, each with the reason it gives.

• Opera seriaNarrower topic: Opera seria’s musical forms depend on a libretto that separates action from reflection.

• Venetian operaNarrower topic: Venetian opera depended on writers who shaped plots for musical and theatrical production.

• Arrigo BoitoNarrower topic: Boito’s revisions of source texts demonstrate how a libretto is made for musical drama.

• Lorenzo Da PonteNarrower topic: Da Ponte’s work belongs to a literary form designed to serve music and performance.

• Henri MeilhacNarrower topic: Meilhac’s theatrical writing often took the form of librettos set by composers.

• Manon LescautNarrower topic: The opera’s libretto compresses and rearranges the source narrative into singable scenes.

• Eugène ScribeNarrower topic: His theater career included an unusually large body of texts written for composers.

• Gilbert and SullivanNarrower topic: Gilbert’s librettos determined the stories and verbal rhythms Sullivan set to music.

• Luigi IllicaNarrower topic: Illica’s principal contribution to opera was writing librettos.

• Ottavio RinucciniNarrower topic: Rinuccini’s librettos gave early operas their words, characters, and dramatic structure.

• Giuseppe AdamiNarrower topic: Adami’s principal operatic contribution was writing texts set to Puccini’s music.

• Giuseppe GiacosaNarrower topic: Giacosa’s literary work for Puccini took the form of librettos.

• Cesare SterbiniNarrower topic: Sterbini’s role was to shape the words and dramatic structure Rossini set to music.

• Temistocle SoleraNarrower topic: Solera wrote the words that Verdi shaped into operatic music.

• Antonio GhislanzoniNarrower topic: Ghislanzoni’s opera writing was the craft of shaping words for music and performance.

• Hector-Jonathan CrémieuxNarrower topic: Crémieux’s role was to shape the words, scenes, and comic action sung or spoken onstage.

• Richard GenéeNarrower topic: Genée’s librettos provided plots and dialogue for composers’ music.

• Victor-Joseph Étienne de JouyNarrower topic: De Jouy’s operatic reputation rests on writing texts designed for musical setting.