Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
  2. 5. a group of musicians especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
  3. 6. A short, constantly recurring musical phrase
  4. 7. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
  5. 9. an action or event serving as an introduction to something more important
  6. 10. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
  7. 12. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
  8. 16. loud
  9. 18. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing
  10. 19. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes
  11. 20. Relative loudness in a song
  12. 21. the highest of the four standard singing voices
  13. 22. The text of an opera or other vocal work.
  14. 25. 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.
Down
  1. 2. a dramatic work with one or more acts, set to music for singers and musicians.
  2. 3. Exclamation feminine of bravo
  3. 4. a rhythmically free vocal style that imitates the natural inflections of speech and that is used for dialogue and narrative in operas and oratorios
  4. 8. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.
  5. 9. the strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly.
  6. 11. a long accompanied song for a solo voice
  7. 13. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition
  8. 14. means high in Italian
  9. 15. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
  10. 17. an adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
  11. 20. a performance by two people especially singers, musicians or dancers
  12. 21. A common alternative term for sheet music.
  13. 23. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range
  14. 24. a voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular