5/6 Opera Crossword
Across
- 3. The person who interprets, directs and cues the orchestra or musical performance, coordinating the performers and keeping the time through the technique of hand movements
- 5. A break in the performance that allows the audience to leave the auditorium
- 8. A large group of singers (like a choir) who sing parts of the story in an opera
- 9. Instrument that often accompanies singers in an opera production, also means 'quiet' in Italian
- 10. Somebody who writes music
- 15. The person who controls the artistic and dramatic aspects of the production, realising the conceptual interpretation of the work
- 16. People who have lived in the lands west of Melbourne for thousands of years
- 18. A theatre production in which everyone sings
- 19. The person who designs and creates the movement of the performance, usually in dance form
- 20. Somebody who performs a song
Down
- 1. The highest part of a female's voice
- 2. People who have lived on the lands of St Kilda for thousands of years
- 4. A piece of music performed by a single performer either alone or with accompaniment
- 6. A nation of five different groups of aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia, including the Woiwurrung (Wurundjeri), Boonwurrung, Dja Dja Warrung, Taungurong and Wadawarrung peoples
- 7. Name for a Magpie
- 11. A large ensemble of instruments divided into four main sections: strings, woodwind, brass and percussion
- 12. A high male's voice
- 13. The place where a theatre production happens, often full of props
- 14. An Eagle, also the name of a creator spirit in the beliefs of the people of the Kulin Nations
- 17. The regular and irregular pattern of notes of different length in the music