Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. 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. 4. Orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.
  3. 5. relating to the volume of sound produced by an instrument, voice, or recording.
  4. 6. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor.
  5. 7. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
  6. 8. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
  7. 10. A female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
  8. 12. Smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
  9. 14. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano.
  10. 18. a thing at which someone excels.
  11. 19. Realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
  12. 20. Introduction to something big.
  13. 21. The highest of the four standard singing voices.
  14. 23. Feminine of bravo
Down
  1. 1. Used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
  2. 3. Text of an opera or other song; the lyrics.
  3. 4. With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
  4. 5. a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers.
  5. 7. Strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly.
  6. 9. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
  7. 11. Type of delivery used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas, in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms of ordinary speech.
  8. 13. A large group of singers that perform together with an orchestra or opera company.
  9. 15. Group of instrumentalists with strings, woodwinds, brass, and other percussion sections playing classical music.
  10. 16. A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
  11. 17. Singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
  12. 22. A large instrument with metal strings, which are struck by hammers to make sound.
  13. 23. A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
  14. 24. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice in an opera or oratorio.