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Ms. Goodman's prophetic libretto has a satisfied Mao predicting that "our plunge/Into the New York Stock Exchange/Will line some pockets here and there". 1 2 Next Page » "Nixon in China" continues through Feb. 19 at the Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center; (212) 362-6000, metopera.org.

(But where will he stuff the orchestra, which joined him on the string-heavy trip-hop of "Solano Avenue" and closed the show?) He seemed aware that the libretto has a long way to go in terms of finessing his larger themes.

Elsewhere the libretto has an otherworldly quality, invoking "red moon, grey mists".

The libretto has taken a year to adapt.

Libretto has one idea as an actor -- a mock, heroic pose -- and repeats it throughout.

"These days a libretto has to be intrinsically interesting," McEwan told the Telegraph.

The libretto has countless lines that cannot be printed in a family newspaper or Web site.

While the story is merely the excuse for a diverting courtly masque, the libretto has wit and charm, and Eccles treats it with generous care.

The libretto has its roots in ETA Hoffman, he of Nutcracker and Coppelia fame, a writer who seems to have been fascinated with dolls coming to life and getting themselves into a heap of trouble.

Strozzi's libretto has vanished along with whatever music Monteverdi managed to write, but Strozzi wrote a second libretto under the same name, which was set by Francesco Sacrati and produced in Venice in 1641.

The Da Ponte libretto certainly has a cruel undertone that most productions, including the Met's current staging, shy away from exploring.