Opera Puzzle
Across
- 2. A large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.
- 4. A smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
- 6. Relative loudness. The two basic dynamic indications in music are: p or piano, meaning "soft". f or forte,meaning "loud".
- 8. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
- 10. The strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly.
- 11. A cheer of approval for male opera singers
- 13. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano.
- 17. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
- 18. Orchestrate or arrange, typically for a specific instrument
- 19. Usually brief, that is generally played as an introduction to another, larger musical piece.
- 21. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
- 23. To be performed “softly”
- 25. A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists
- 27. A dynamic in music that means a particular part of a song is meant to be played strongly and louder.
Down
- 1. The highest singing voice
- 3. The lowest adult male singing voice.
- 5. Short, constantly recurring musical phrase associated with a particular person, place, or idea
- 7. A woman's voice with a range between soprano and contralto
- 9. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio
- 12. A group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
- 14. An orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition.
- 15. The text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or musical.
- 16. Musical term meaning high in Italian
- 20. A cheer of approval for female opera singers
- 22. a singing voice between baritone and alto
- 23. The story around which a musical or opera is based
- 24. A song for solo voice, often designed to show off a singer’s vocal ability
- 26. Two people sing together