Opera Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 2. A written form of a musical composition parts for different instruments appear
  2. 3. A large organized group of singers especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
  3. 5. The feminine of bravo
  4. 6. A voice instrument or sound of the lowest range in particular
  5. 8. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
  6. 9. A thing at which someone excels
  7. 10. A long accompanied song for a solo voice typically one in an opera or oratorio
  8. 13. A group of instrumentalists especially one combining string woodwind brass and percussion sections and playing classical music
  9. 15. The text of an opera or other long vocal work
  10. 16. A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition associated with a particular person idea or situation
  11. 18. 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
  12. 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
  13. 22. Used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well
  14. 24. A dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists
  15. 26. A female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto
  16. 27. In a smooth flowing manner without breaks between notes
Down
  1. 1. A performance by two people especially singers instrumentalists or dancers
  2. 2. A mark by short clear-cut playing or singing of tones or chords
  3. 4. 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
  4. 7. A type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types
  5. 11. An introduction to something more substantial
  6. 12. Is the strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly
  7. 14. is the strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly
  8. 17. A singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor the highest of the ordinary adult male range
  9. 19. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody especially in operatic singing by a soprano
  10. 20. realism in the arts especially late 19th-century Italian opera
  11. 23. The main events of a play novel movie or similar work devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
  12. 25. 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