arioso

American  

[ahr-ee-oh-soh, ar-, ah-ryaw-saw] / ˌɑr iˈoʊ soʊ, ˌær-, ɑˈrjɔ sɔ /

adjective

1. in the manner of an air or melody.

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noun

• ariosos
  plural

1. an arioso composition or section.

arioso British  

/ ˌɑːrɪˈəʊzəʊ, ˌæ- /

noun

1. music a recitative with the lyrical quality of an aria

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• ariosos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of arioso

1735–45; < Italian: literally, songlike. See aria, -ose ¹

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

arioso ariosos

But Monteverdi shows uncanny skill at writing extended vocal passages that shift seamlessly between recitative, arioso and aria.

From New York Times ● Oct. 22, 2017

Recitative and arioso passages allow the singers to barrel through words at a tremendous clip.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 12, 2015

The obbligato viole d’amore parts in the bass arioso “Betrachte, meine Seel’,” were ravishingly played.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 2, 2014

Her vocal lines are mostly routine arioso, while the ensemble writing is most effective when thinned to a single line – a teetering piano solo, perhaps, or a thrummed cello.

From The Guardian ● May 25, 2010

Then it degenerates somewhat into an arioso, almost Italian.

From Contemporary American Composers Being a Study of the Music of This Country, Its Present Conditions and Its Future, with Critical Estimates and Biographies of the Principal Living Composers; and an Abundance of Portraits, Fac-simile Musical Autographs, and Compositions by Rupert Hughes

Short ariettas and ariosos keep “Serse,” a comic love story, moving along.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2022

His sound is drawn not from the Caucasus or Russia but from a rich well of Western European Romantic melody, and his ariosos are the opera’s best-known excerpts.

From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2018