Editing Recitative (section)

==Post-Wagner uses==
Later operas, under the influence of [[Richard Wagner]], favored [[through-composition]], where recitatives, arias, choruses and other elements were seamlessly interwoven into a whole. Many of Wagner's operas employ sections which are analogous to accompanied recitative.

Recitative is also occasionally used in [[Musical theatre|musicals]], being put to ironic use in the finale of [[Kurt Weill]]'s ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]''. It also appears in ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'' and ''[[Of Thee I Sing]]''.

[[George Gershwin]] used it in his opera ''[[Porgy and Bess]]'', though sometimes the recitative in that work is changed to spoken dialogue. ''Porgy and Bess'' has also been staged as a musical rather than as an opera.