“The only questionable tempo is the slow one that he chooses for the cabaletta of the opera's Act Two aria.”

“The prima donna and primo uomo each had at least one large-scale display aria in every act, followed by an exit.”

“The flaw at this performance was a sameness of colour in his voice, especially during his big aria.”

“On the other hand, just the rhyme scheme is retained in an unnamed parody of Andre Campra's drinking ariette from his cantata Silene.”

“Ariette, in fact, is the most successful synthesis of a classic tap, with its sinuous lines, and one that's modern in the simplicity of its forms.”

“Kouwenhoven, Ariette, Matthi Forrer et Mark Poysden, 2000, Siebold and Japan, Leyde, Hotei.”

“As Wild spoke the words he caught a glimpse of arietta and Jim on the ledge.”

“Anna and Eloise were perfectly willing to this, but arietta shook her head.”

“This excellent actress has already partially corrected herself of a kind of slowness, which is only suitable to the arietta.”

“We find none of the set forms of the later opera seria, no regular arie, no duets, no ensembles.”

“After she broke up with Arie, she collapsed into sobs by a meadow, which was meant to be the site of their last date.”

“She stayed nearly three weeks until, come a Saturday afternoon, Arie returned from taking a wagonload of the last of the season's apples to the market.”

“On the other hand, the arias, despite some dangerously unstable passages and wobbly intonation from the orchestra, were excellent.”

“The baroque Italian used for the libretto is complicated and often encumbers the listener, taking away from the melodic tunes of the arias.”

“Only Bartoli could have made best-selling albums out of obscure arias by Scarlatti, Vivaldi and Gluck.”