It is sung by the (Evangelist), which Bach assigns to the tenor singing secco recitative. The opening recitative secco, "Thy hand, Belinda", is accompanied by continuo only. A secco or fresco-secco painting is done on dry plaster ("secco" meaning "dry" in Italian). "Fresco-secco" painting is done on dry plaster ("secco" is "dry" in Italian). The speech of other persons, called soliloquents, is also set as secco recitative. The author of the wall paintings fresco secco have remained untouched. Vasari had used "true fresco", while Zuccari had painted "in secco". Captains Vasco Alves Secco and Carlos Pfaltzgraff Brazil. As a result, it is less improvisational and declamatory than "recitativo secco", and more song-like. The churches were decorated mostly by frescoes, but usage of secco is also documented. Deborah Secco was chosen to play Rachel. During the Middle Ages murals were usually executed on dry plaster (secco). The secco on the ceiling depicts the apotheosis of King Saint Stephen. His second wife, Rosina Secco, died in 1987. Additionally, this was the only Bellini opera provided with "recitativo secco".