Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. Used in praising a female performer.
  2. 2. Artistic use of contemporary everyday material in preference to the heroic or legendary especially in grand opera.
  3. 4. A recurrent theme throughout a musical.
  4. 6. The words of an opera or a similar extended musical composition.
  5. 8. Elaborate melody as in an opera.
  6. 11. Lowest female voice or highest male voice.
  7. 13. A voice/part between soprano and contralto.
  8. 16. Smooth and connected without any breaks in between the successive tones.
  9. 18. A document showing all the notes of an piece of music.
  10. 21. An introduction to something bigger or more important.
  11. 23. A genre of classical music.
  12. 25. A group of instrumentalists combining string instruments.
  13. 26. Low in pitch.
  14. 27. A musical composition for two voices or instruments.
Down
  1. 1. A male voice between between tenor and bass.
  2. 3. Pertaining to or of the nature of recital.
  3. 5. Relating to the highest female singing voice or the highest part in a music group.
  4. 7. Used in praising a performer.
  5. 9. Variation and graduation in the volume of musical sound.
  6. 10. The strength of speaking or singing where the voice is loud and clear.
  7. 12. A lyric soprano of high range who specializes in such music.
  8. 14. Short and not sounding connected.
  9. 15. To be performed softly.
  10. 17. The highest adult male singing voice and also a singer who has such an voice.
  11. 19. A group of people singing together.
  12. 20. An introductory piece of music.
  13. 22. Loud.
  14. 24. The main event of a play, novel, movie or similar work.