Opera's songbook (8)

I believe the answer is:

libretto

(Other definitions for libretto that I've seen before include "Text set to music in opera" , "Operatic text" , "Operatic book" , "component of opera" , "Book of words of an opera" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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