Opera scenario #1

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Across
  1. 2. a thing at which someone excels.
  2. 4. Uppermost part or voice.
  3. 6. A melody.
  4. 9. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
  5. 14. short, constantly recurring musical phrase
  6. 15. Musical composition for two voices or instruments.
  7. 17. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
  8. 18. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note
  9. 21. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
  10. 22. an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
  11. 24. the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
  12. 25. realism in the arts, esp. late 19th-century Italian opera.
  13. 26. fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or molding into architectural decorations
  14. 27. a voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
Down
  1. 1. a large organized group of singers, esp. one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
  2. 3. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
  3. 5. an introduction to something more substantial.
  4. 7. an instrument that is second lowest in pitch in its family
  5. 8. A lyric soprano of high range.
  6. 10. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
  7. 11. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.
  8. 12. introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue.
  9. 13. a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released, and it can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals.
  10. 16. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
  11. 19. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
  12. 20. the text of an opera or other long vocal work.
  13. 23. a group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
  14. 28. a voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.