Opera scenario #1

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Across
  1. 7. a style of vocal music intermediate between speaking and singing.
  2. 8. dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
  3. 9. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
  4. 13. a projecting or protruding part.
  5. 15. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
  6. 17. shortened and detached when played or sung: staccato notes.first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue.
  7. 18. an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the
  8. 19. a voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
  9. 20. a varied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.
  10. 22. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition.
  11. 23. shortened and detached when played or sung: Staccato notes.
  12. 26. a long, accompany adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
  13. 27. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
  14. 28. feminine of bravo.
Down
  1. 1. the text of an opera or other long vocal work.
  2. 2. a voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
  3. 3. how soft or loud music is played.
  4. 4. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
  5. 5. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
  6. 6. 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.
  7. 10. a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers.
  8. 11. how loud the music is being played
  9. 12. devise the sequence of events in (a play, novel, movie, or similar work).
  10. 14. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano.
  11. 16. use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.
  12. 21. the highest singing voice in women and men.
  13. 24. the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.
  14. 25. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.