Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. a way to express approval
  2. 6. a dramatic work in one or more acts
  3. 7. an introduction to something more substantial
  4. 9. a musical composition.
  5. 11. short and not sounding connected.
  6. 13. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody
  7. 16. relating to the highest female singing voice or the highest voice part in a singing group.
  8. 17. the text of an opera or other long vocal work.
  9. 19. a female singing voice that is higher than the contralto and lower than the soprano
  10. 22. a plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
  11. 23. a thing that extends outward from something else.
  12. 25. a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers.
  13. 26. a singing voice that is lower than the voice of a soprano and higher than the voice of a tenor
  14. 27. in a loud manner.
Down
  1. 1. feminine form of bravo
  2. 2. a large organized group of singers
  3. 3. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
  4. 4. an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.
  5. 5. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
  6. 8. the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
  7. 10. having a low pitch
  8. 12. a song in an opera sung by one person
  9. 14. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition
  10. 15. a rhythmically free vocal style that imitates the natural inflections of speech and that is used for dialogue and narrative in operas and oratorios.
  11. 18. in a manner that is smooth and flowing.
  12. 20. 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.
  13. 21. a man's singing voice that is higher than the voice of the bass and lower than the voice of the tenor
  14. 24. the highest adult male singing voice.