Opera crossword puzzle
Across
- 2. an elaborate melody sung solo
- 5. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
- 6. the highest of the four standard singing voices.
- 11. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music),
- 12. the text of an opera or other long vocal work
- 13. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
- 16. the main events of a play
- 17. 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.
- 19. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody.
- 21. exclamation
- 24. an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important.
- 25. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
- 26. a performance by two people
- 27. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
Down
- 1. the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- 3. presentation of an image on a surface,
- 4. a thing at which someone excels.
- 7. a group of instrumentalists, especially playing classical music
- 8. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
- 9. a recurrent theme throughout a musical
- 10. a large organized group of singers.
- 14. an introduction to something more substantial.
- 15. musical declamation sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note.
- 18. an adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
- 20. a dramatic work in one or more acts
- 22. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
- 23. the highest adult male singing voice and the lowest female singing voice
- 27. the lowest adult male singing voice.