(music) dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot

of a recital

plural of recitative

In the style of, or in a way that relates to, recitation.

The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized. / The material recited. / A regularly scheduled class, in a school, in which discussion occurs of the material covered in a parallel lecture.

(transitive) To repeat aloud (some passage, poem or other text previously memorized, or in front of one's eyes), often before an audience. / (transitive) To list or enumerate something.

One who recites.

plural of reciter

plural of recital

The act of reciting (the repetition of something that has been memorized); rehearsal / The act of telling the order of events of something in detail the order of events; narration.