Opera crossword

3. An introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter
6. A group of singers and dancers participating in or commenting on the action.
7. The copy of a musical composition in written or printed notation
9. A systematic presentation of intersecting coordinate lines on a flat surface upon which features from a curved surface (as of the earth or the celestial sphere) may be mapped <an equal-area map projection>
10. Smooth and connected.
11. Orchestral introduction to an opera
13. A male singing voice between bass and tenor.
15. An accompanied elaborate melody sung by a single voice.
17. A woman's voice with a range between soprano and contralto; also: a singer having this voice
19. At a soft volume
21. The highest voice part in a 4-part chorus
22. The text of a work for musical theaters
23. Cut short or apart in performing
26. A musical composition for two voices or instruments.
27. The main story

1. The second highest voice part in a 4-part chorus.
2. A low pitch in sing.
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; also: a passage to be delivered in this style
5. An associated melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the reappearance of an idea, person, or situation especially in a Wagnerian music drama
8. A elaborate embellishment in vocal music.
12. A shout of approval.
13. Used interjectionally in applauding a woman.
14. A variation and contrasting in force or intensity.
16. Artistic use of contemporary everyday material in preference to the heroic or legendary especially in grand opera
18. A group of musicians who play string instruments
20. Loud then immediately soft.
24. The voice part next to the lowest in a 4-part chorus
25. A musical drama