It happens every day. You're at the opera and the know-it-all next to you starts analyzing arias, cataloging cabalettas and generally running on about recitatives. You gulp your champagne with equal ...

The In Tune A-Z of Opera. Today's letter is R for Recitative. Our guides are Danielle de Niese, Laurence Cummings, Gerald Martin-Moore and Graham Vick. For details of ...