Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. In italian this musical word means “high”
  2. 4. a smooth manner with no breaks between notes
  3. 8. mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
  4. 10. orchestrate for specific instruments
  5. 11. a theme throughout a musical or literary composition
  6. 12. a dramatic work in one or more arts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
  7. 15. an introduction to something more substantial
  8. 16. a performance by two people
  9. 18. forecast of a future situation
  10. 20. a large or group of singers
  11. 22. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
  12. 23. the text of an opera
  13. 24. feminine of bravo.
  14. 26. a large wooden instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings’ vibration is stopped by dampers when they keys are released, and it can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals.
Down
  1. 1. Sometimes performed by singer
  2. 2. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor
  3. 3. an event that is an introduction to something serious
  4. 5. The lowest adult male voice
  5. 6. Male singing voice between tenor and bass
  6. 7. something at which someone is great at
  7. 9. elaborate vocal melody
  8. 13. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note.
  9. 14. soprano- a female singer with a voice between soprano and contralto
  10. 17. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
  11. 19. a group of instruments, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections playing classical music.
  12. 21. the highest of the four singing voices
  13. 25. expressions of approval, when a performer has done something well.
  14. 26. the main events in a play