Slurs

[Daniel Mauck]

I’m typesetting an aria that has several melismatic passages with smaller, 
individually slurred phrases over single syllables. Using automatic text 
setting obviously won’t work here. I’d rather not set the lyrics with manual 
durations because the majority of the score doesn’t require it. The only other 
solution I can think of is to hide the slurs in these passages and 
simultaneously use phrasing slurs, but this also would be rather cumbersome. 
Any suggestions for an easier, more elegant solution?