| In early 17th-century opera, recitative was the principal mode of expression and was often freely mixed with short passages of arioso. |
| Bostridge then railed against destiny in a long arioso, but his powerlessness was symbolised by the next chorus. |
| The characters have sections of their texts set in Lully's signature arioso with a few aria-like pieces here and there. |
| Although also without recitative, there were arioso pieces and instrumental symphonies, with choruses which included chorales. |
| In Act 3 when Guido and Emilia meet, he urges her to kill him in a remarkable sequence of secco recitative, accompanied recitative and arioso. |
| The oboe has a kind of arioso phrase with trilling of flutes and clarinets, answered in trumpets and harp. |
