armatae face

In your face

You’ve heard of “O face” and “Butter face.” Now La Cieca presents for your approval a new operatic term, used to describe the frighteningly contorted and sometimes downright Cheneyesque expressions affected by singers of Vivaldi and other baroque music. It’s called… “Armatae Face.”

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