1. In music, an ornamental passage or embellishment, especially a rapid run of notes sung on a single syllable in vocal music.
Usage: music term; Italian origin; commonly used in opera and classical vocal contexts

Examples

• The soprano performed an impressive fioratura during the aria.
• The composer added a fioratura to showcase the singer's vocal range.
• In Baroque opera, fioratura passages were common in solo vocal lines.
• The fioratura required years of training to execute with precision.
• The conductor asked the vocalist to simplify the fioratura for clarity.