TABLE V. RECITATIVE.
| A Date. | B Name. | C Composer. | D Spoken text. | E % Recit. | F % Soprano. | G % Mezzo Sop. | H % Alto. | I % Tenor. | J % Baritone. | K % Bass. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accom. | Unaccom. | ||||||||||
| 1600 | Rappresentatione de Anima | Cavalieri | — | x | 30.2 | 6.43 | — | 13.21 | 9.27 | — | 1.29 |
| 1675 | King Arthur | Purcell | — | — | 9.73 | 5.39 | — | — | — | — | 4.34 |
| 1731 | La Serva Padrona | Pergolese | — | — | 30.30 | 20.58 | — | — | — | — | 9.72 |
| 1762 | Orfeus | Gluck | — | — | 11.87 | 7.56 | — | 4.315 | — | — | — |
| 1767 | Alceste | Gluck | — | — | 23.82 | 3.32 | — | — | 2.95 | — | 17.55 |
| 1784 | Le Domine Noir | Auber | — | — | 18.62 | 4.22 | 3.9 | .3 | 1.77 | — | 8.43 |
| 1787 | Don Giovanni | Mozart | — | — | 31.43 | 9.16 | — | — | 5.53 | 7.47 | 9.27 |
| 1762 | L'Amant Jaloux | Gretry | — | x | .92 | .11 | — | — | .95 | — | 1.58 |
| 1800 | Les Deux Jounees | Cherubini | — | — | 22.8 | 6.9 | — | 3.165 | 7.32 | — | 5.415 |
| 1805 | Fidelio | Beethoven | — | x | 10.11 | 4.31 | — | — | 2.6 | — | 3.3 |
| 1816 | The Barber of Seville | Rossini | — | x | 10.00 | 2.66 | — | .798 | 2.33 | — | 4.2 |
| 1821 | Der Freischütz | Weber | x | x | 9.06 | 2.27 | — | — | 2.72 | 1.03 | 3.04 |
| 1831 | La Somnambula | Bellini | — | — | 30.33 | 5.85 | 3.17 | — | 4.78 | 22.2 | 4.33 |
| 1832 | Le Postilion de Longjuneaux | Adam | — | — | 33.80 | 25.71 | — | — | 5.66 | — | 2.43 |
| 1835 | Lucia di Lammermoor | Donizetti | — | — | 5.62 | .987 | .06 | — | 1.76 | 3.09 | .703 |
| 1843 | Bohemian Girl | Balfe | — | — | 10.42 | 3.26 | — | — | 3.5 | 2.91 | .75 |
| 1847 | Martha | Flotow | — | — | 24.03 | 7.45 | 5.02 | — | 3.31 | — | 8.25 |
| 1866 | Mignon | Thomas | — | x | — | 3.96 | 17.30 | .725 | 6.36 | — | 5.41 |
| 1867 | Romeo and Juliet | Gounod | — | — | 17.00 | 3.68 | .97 | — | 4.63 | 5.29 | 2.34 |
| 1874 | Aida | Verdi | — | — | 15.60 | 3.94 | 4.6 | — | 5.82 | — | 1.24 |
| 1875 | Carmen | Bizet | — | — | 15.32 | 4.52 | — | 1.06 | 5.31 | 2.06 | 8.03 |
| 1882 | Parsifal | Wagner | — | — | 19.82 | 3.7 | .3 | — | 3.92 | 7.59 | 4.31 |
| 1887 | Samson and Delilah | Saint Saens | — | — | 19.71 | — | 4.36 | — | 4.3 | 5.1 | 17.95 |
| 1890 | Cavalleria Rusticana | Mascagni | — | — | 11.9 | 2.3 | 1.47 | 4.538 | 1.29 | 2.357 | — |
| 1893 | Le Cid | Massenet | — | — | 19.78 | 4.31 | — | — | 2.29 | 5.53 | 7.65 |
| 1892 | Il Pagliacci | Leoncavello | — | — | 11.97 | 4.63 | — | — | 3.445 | — | 4.89 |
| 1894 | Hansel and Gretel | Humperdinck | — | — | 18.1 | 6.4 | 7.35 | — | — | 4.35 | — |
| 1896 | Cricket on the Hearth | Goldmark | — | — | 38.40 | 10.42 | — | — | 7.31 | 9.44 | 11.23 |
| 1900 | Louise | Charpentier | — | — | 20.32 | 4.28 | 3.36 | .43 | 6.19 | 6.14 | — |
| 1904 | Madame Butterfly | Puccini | — | — | 24.85 | 18.4 | 4.5 | — | 1.2 | 3.2 | 1.6 |
| 1905 | Eugene Onegin | Tschaikovsky | — | — | 15.42 | 2.33 | 2.47 | 1.09 | 2.96 | 1.17 | 5.4 |
| 21.62 | 6.39 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 11.27 | — | .96 | |||||
| 1913 | L'Amour dei Tre Re | Montemezzi | — | — | 39.62 | 19.21 | — | — | 10.43 | 1.5 | 8.48 |
| 1914 | Madeleine | Herbert | — | — | 23.04 | 12.27 | 6.02 | — | 1.06 | 1.4 | 2.29 |