Anybody tell me from the reading what a basso continuo is?

有人看过书 可以告诉我什么是持续低音？

This sentence combines the common English word " continue" with the Latin phrase " continuo ad astra per aspera, " which means " continue onwards to the stars through hardship."

尽管临挑战，我们将继续我们的努力，一路披荆斩棘。

So a recitative will be--and indeed all the arias will be accompanied by basso continuo.

实际上还有所有的咏叹都是由持续低音伴奏。