Let's Go to the Opera!
Across
- 4. This group of musicians plays the music. It includes brass, strings, and other instruments
- 5. the story part of the opera is split into two or more of these
- 7. This is where operas are largely performed.
- 10. singers that usually play witches or nurses
- 11. This person leads the orchestra
Down
- 1. the introduction music to an opera. It samples all the major themes from the opera.
- 2. a type of song that pushes the story along
- 3. the style of singing that opera singers train in. It helps them project over large audiences without microphones.
- 4. a staged production that tells a story using only music and singing
- 6. singers that usually play comical characters or villians
- 8. a type of song that helps express a character's emotions
- 9. highest voice in the opera. Characters usually are princesses and female leads.