libretto

text used in an extended musical work such as an opera or musical
Intangible literary_genre Q131084
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libretto

Summary

libretto is a literary genre[1]. libretto ranks in the top 3% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,349 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • libretto's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3].
  • libretto is a type of text[4].
  • libretto is a type of script[5].
  • libretto is a type of literary work[6].
  • libretto's Commons category is recorded as Librettos[7].
  • libretto's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Opera libretti[8].
  • libretto's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[9].
  • libretto's described by source is recorded as Riemann's Music Dictionary[10].
  • libretto's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[11].
  • libretto's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • libretto's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13].
  • libretto's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[14].
  • libretto's equivalent class is recorded as http://purl.org/ontology/mo/Libretto[15].
  • libretto's practiced by is recorded as librettist[16].

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Definition and Type

libretto's instance of is recorded as literary genre[3]. Recorded subclass of include text[4], script[5], and literary work[6].

Why It Matters

libretto ranks in the top 3% of literary_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,349 views/month).[2] libretto has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] libretto is known by 33 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_libretto_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{libretto}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/libretto}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 3d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Cultureel woordenboek id klassieke-muziek/libretto
    Practiced by librettist
    Instance of literary genre
    Topic's main category Category:Opera libretti
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 2161, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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