Opera and Beyond Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. sung conversation between characters to help advance the story line
  2. 5. the sustaining of a pitch
  3. 6. comic opera
  4. 7. songs for a solo singer and orchestra
  5. 8. a serious form of opera with lofty heroic themes from history and mythology
Down
  1. 1. the text of an opera or musical, including dialogue and lyrics
  2. 3. a staged drama that is predominantly sung, most often with orchestral accompaniment
  3. 4. a style of Italian opera with realistic portrayals of everyday life
  4. 9. the feeling of sympathetic pity or compassion for a character