recitativo
Americannoun
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recitativos,
plural
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recitativi
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of recitativo
Borrowed into English from Italian around 1610–20
Example Sentences
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But in this opera, the recitativo has so many stories, while the arias are also telling them.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
What I try to achieve is less of a gap between the recitativo moments and the arias.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
There are many places where we need to make a connection; for me that is the recitativo.
From New York Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
John Spencer conducted from the keyboard, deftly rendering the recitativo accompaniment.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2014
His recitative—very little meat, more bones, and plenty of broth—I christened “alla genovese”: I had no intention of flattering the Genoese with this remark, but rather the older recitativo, the recitativo secco.
From The Case Of Wagner, Nietzsche Contra Wagner, and Selected Aphorisms. by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
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