Kathleen's opera scenerio 1
Across
- 5. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
- 6. also means exclamation.
- 8. is a piece of music played by an orchestra at the beginning of an opera or play.
- 11. means a string of sustained vowels.
- 12. a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are pressed
- 13. the volume of the composition
- 15. is a passage rendered in this style.
- 18. a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio
- 21. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.
- 22. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range
- 23. the lowest musical pitch
- 25. the highest of the four standard singing voices
Down
- 1. means strong.
- 2. a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers
- 3. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto
- 4. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
- 6. the second lowest musical pitch
- 7. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano
- 8. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
- 9. an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
- 10. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well
- 14. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
- 16. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera
- 17. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
- 19. a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio
- 20. Means ‘high’ in Italian
- 24. is a similar but independent composition for the piano.
- 26. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists