Opera crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.
  2. 3. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
  3. 7. Used to express approval when a performer or other person did something well.
  4. 9. the presentation of an image on a surface, esp. a movie screen.
  5. 12. a document showing all the notes of a piece of music
  6. 13. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, esp. in operatic singing by a soprano.
  7. 15. the highest of the four standard singing voices
  8. 16. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes
  9. 17. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of
  10. 19. sections and playing classical music.
  11. 22. a group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and
  12. 23. a dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
  13. 24. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
  14. 27. realism in the arts, esp. late 19th-century Italian opera.
  15. 28. feminine of bravo
Down
  1. 1. The two basic dynamic indications in music are: p or piano, meaning "soft". f or forte, meaning "loud". More subtle degrees of loudness or softness are indicated by:
  2. 4. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
  3. 5. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by
  4. 6. A performance by two people
  5. 7. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
  6. 8. A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
  7. 10. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition.
  8. 11. a thing in which someone excels
  9. 14. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular
  10. 18. The text of an opera or other long vocal work
  11. 19. A large keyboard musical instrument
  12. 20. writer as an interrelated sequence
  13. 21. an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue
  14. 25. a large, organised group of singers, esp. one that performs together with an
  15. 26. a singing voice between baritone and alto.