Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. A large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed
  2. 2. A singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor the highest of the ordinary adult male range
  3. 4. The main events of a play novel movie or similar work devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
  4. 6. realism in the arts especially late 19th-century Italian opera
  5. 7. The text of an opera or other long vocal work
  6. 10. A female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto
  7. 11. A type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types
  8. 12. Used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well
  9. 13. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody especially in operatic singing by a soprano
  10. 16. A written form of a musical composition parts for different instruments appear
  11. 17. A mark by short clear-cut playing or singing of tones or chords
  12. 19. A long accompanied song for a solo voice typically one in an opera or oratorio
  13. 20. In a smooth flowing manner without breaks between notes
  14. 21. Refers to the volume of a sound or note but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece either stylistic or functional
  15. 22. A dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists
  16. 24. A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition associated with a particular person idea or situation
Down
  1. 1. 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
  2. 3. is the strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly
  3. 4. Is the strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly
  4. 5. A group of instrumentalists especially one combining string woodwind brass and percussion sections and playing classical music
  5. 8. The feminine of bravo
  6. 9. A large organized group of singers especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
  7. 12. A voice instrument or sound of the lowest range in particular
  8. 14. An introduction to something more substantial
  9. 15. A style used in operas oratorios and cantatas in which the text is declaimed in the rhythm of natural speech with slight melodic variation and little orchestral accompaniment
  10. 18. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
  11. 21. A performance by two people especially singers instrumentalists or dancers
  12. 23. A thing at which someone excels