Opera Puzzle

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