Let's Go to the Opera!

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