opera crossword

2. to make the music go faster.
3. music opening a church service.
4. it is where a group of people say the same set of words together
8. A voice having a range between soprano and contralto.
10. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor.
12. a musical composition for two voices or instruments.
17. sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note.
18. an orchestral composition forming the prelude or introduction to an opera, oratorio, etc.
21. Marked by or composed of abrupt, disconnected parts or sounds.
22. a voice, instrument or sound of the lowest range, in particularly.
23. A voice, instrument or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
24. the story that is told through the song.
25. a string instrument with keys.
26. a sheet music is a handwritten or printed form of music notation that uses modern musical symbols.

1. a causing to jut or protrude.
5. feminine of bravo.
6. a recurring melodic phrase or theme used.
7. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody,ESP. in operatic singing by a soprano the highest of the four standard singing voices.
9. a dramatic work in 1 or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
11. Brave, fine. Exclamation of approval which therefore has no need to alter, though purists would insist on bravo for a woman performer
12. of or pertaining to force or power.
13. a group of instrumentalists, ESP. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
14. a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
15. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition
16. a musical notation used widely in written music to instruct the instrumentalist or vocalist to play or sing the notes in a connected, smooth fashion.
19. verismo refers to a post-Romantic operatic tradition associated with Italian composers.
20. an air or melody.
21. the highest of the four standard singing voices.