Opera Crossword Puzzle!

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Across
  1. 3. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well
  2. 6. a voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular
  3. 11. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contraito
  4. 12. a voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor
  5. 13. the text of an opera or other long vocal work
  6. 15. a projection or protruding part
  7. 17. a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions
  8. 18. a genre of opera, as composed principally by Puccini, Mascagni, and Leoncavallo
  9. 19. a secret plan or scheme to accomplish some purpose
  10. 20. the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces
  11. 22. an air or melody
  12. 24. the highest of the four standard singing voices
  13. 26. loud or loudly
  14. 27. a musical composition for two voices or instruments
Down
  1. 1. the course of thought or meaning that runs through something written or spoken; purport; drift
  2. 2. an instrument that is second lowest in pitch in its family
  3. 4. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note
  4. 5. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
  5. 7. the record of points or strokes made by the competitors in a game or match
  6. 8. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
  7. 9. used in praising a female performer
  8. 10. elaborate ornamentation of vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano
  9. 13. smooth and connected
  10. 14. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition
  11. 16. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists
  12. 21. with each sound or note separated from the others
  13. 23. a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings
  14. 25. an introductory piece of music, commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera