Opera Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 2. A written or printed piece of music with all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged on staves and under the other.
- 6. The story around which the musical or opera is based
- 7. A cheer of approval for female opera singers
- 9. the male voice is between the tenor and the bass voices. The range is from a b on the second line of the bass clef to a d above the staff on the bass clef
- 10. the loudness and softness of musical sound
- 13. Female voice which is between that of an alto and a soprano and whose range is from middle c to a g above the staff.
- 15. Loud
- 16. A group of instrumentalists including strings which perform a variety of musical styles
- 17. the use of a theme played by the orchestra to represent an idea, person, objects and emotions
- 18. the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.
- 19. A soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs
- 22. An instrumental introduction to an opera, an oratorio, or other stage work;the term is sometimes given to an independent orchestral composition. A good overtune is made up
- 23. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes
- 24. the lowest female voice whose range is from an a below the staff to an e on the fourth space of the staff
Down
- 1. a song written for two voices
- 2. Shortened or detached when played or sung.
- 3. A cheer of approval for male opera singers
- 4. A speechlike, declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera.
- 5. An instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also,a short, independent composition
- 6. Soft
- 8. Italian meaning realism or the idea of taking events from real life and using those ideas to make an opera or drama
- 11. the lowest of the male voices which is usually not developed until after the age of 16
- 12. The highest of the four singing voices.
- 14. What opera singers need to do in order to be heard due to large opera halls
- 17. The text of an opera; from the Italian word meaning “little rock”
- 19. The part of an opera sung by a large group
- 20. a theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes, dance.
- 21. A song for solo voice, often designed to show off a singer’s vocal ability