I just upgraded to iTunes 11 and lost the contents of most of my playlists. How do I get them back?

I lost most of my playlists. Is there a way to get them back without downgrading to iTunes 10.7?

You don't.  You buy one and only one download.  it is your responsibility to move/copy/backup your music.
It has always been very basic to always maintain a backup copy of your computer files/docs/pics/music/etc.
Use you backup copy to put everything back.
If for some reason you have failed to maintain a backup ( not good), then you can transfer itunes purchases from an ipod:  File>Transfer Purchases

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