Opera Crossword

3. relating to the highest female singing voice or the highest voice part in a singing group
5. a group of musicians who play usually classical music together and who are led by a conductor
6. a female singing voice that is higher than the contralto and lower than the soprano
9. a passage in vocal music (such as an opera) in which the words are sung in a way that resembles speech
10. a series of events that form the story in an opera
15. a group of singers
17. the act of thrusting ones voice forward
19. a shout of approval
20. the highest adult male singing voice; also : a singer who has such a voice
21. realism in the late 19th-century Italian opera.
22. a singing voice that is lower than the voice of a soprano and higher than the voice of a tenor
24. the text of a work (as an opera) for the musical theater
27. in a loud manner
28. short and not sounding connected

1. quietly or softly
2. variation and contrast in force or intensity
4. a style of singing usually in opera that contains a lot of high notes sung very fast
7. a song in an opera sung by one person
8. a short piece of music that introduces a longer piece
11. in a manner that is smooth and flowing
12. a document showing all the notes of a piece of music
13. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
14. a piece of music that is performed by two singers or musicians
16. a kind of performance in which actors sing all or most of the words of a play with music performed by an orchestra
18. a piece of music played at the start of an opera
23. interjection used in applauding a woman
25. a man's singing voice that is higher than the voice of the bass and lower than the voice of the tenor
26. a low sound or range