Opera Crossword

4. Smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones.
6. A speechlike, declamatory voice that is used in the conversational parts of opera.
8. Highest male voice that ranges from an e on the first line of the staff to g on the treble clef.
10. A performance by two people.
11. The text of an opera; from the Italian word meaning “little book”.
12. The musical and vocal parts to an opera that the conductor uses to lead it.
13. A group of people that especially use string, woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments while playing classical music.
14. The main events a of a play, novel, movie or other story.
15. The strength of the singing or speaking
18. (Italian) To make notes short, separated and apart.
21. A male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
22. A drama that uses music and vocal pieces along with orchestral support.
23. Cheering for male opera singers
25. Low in pitch; of the lowest pitch or range.

1. (Italian) Taking events from real life and turning them into drama.
2. The volume of a music composition.
3. A classical female voice whose range lower than soprano but higher than alto.
4. A recurring short melodic phrase or theme used, esp in Wagnerian music dramas, to suggest a character or thing.
5. A range that lies between soprano and tenor.
7. An instrumental introduction to an opera, an oratorio, or other stage work.
9. Something played softly
16. A soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs.
17. Something that is played loudly
18. Highest female voice in which the range falls between middle c and the c above the staff
19. A group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singers.
20. An instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition.
23. Cheering for female opera singers
24. An elaborate melody sung solo with accompaniment, as in an opera or oratorio.