Usage examples (31)

• His role was part speaking, part sprechstimme, and part outright arioso and he was perfection in all of them.
• But the solo writing is mostly in the tedious note-for-syllable arioso style that drags down so many modern operas.
• Her vocal lines are mostly routine arioso, while the ensemble writing is most effective when thinned to a single line?
• One thing Del Monaco always did well was Otello's entrance arioso, which establishes Otello's heroic side in 40 seconds of very difficult music.