fioritura
noun
the ornamentation of a melody, often extemporized by the performer, as in Italian opera during the 18th century.
fioriture
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pluralof fioritura.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The American baritone, his voice frayed and worn, struggles with the vocal demands of the role, most obviously in the comically fudged triplets in the fioriture of his aria, “Vedrò mentr’io sospiro.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 31, 2016
Before the ultimate one, though, there are limitless opportunities for the prima donna to cut up and rattle off fioriture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Daughter lacks the stature of Donizetti's comic masterpieces Don Pasquale and L'Elisir d'Amore, but it does provide Sills with countless opportunities for lambent fioriture, whistling-high E-flats, and howling farce.
From Time Magazine Archive
Critics respected the 19th century grandeur that characterized all his work and cheered especially the fioriture he summoned in such choral classics as Handel's Messiah.
From Time Magazine Archive
The notes were expressed by letters, the Phrygian and Lydian styles followed, and so the intricacies of Greek music continued though much altered, with fioriture, rests, and breathing pauses.
From The Shadow of the Cathedral by Mrs. W. A. Gillespie
