Opera crossword puzzle

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