Opera

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Across
  1. 3. a dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists
  2. 9. A large organized group of singers
  3. 11. A piece played by the orchestra at the beginning of a musical performance
  4. 12. the scheme of something
  5. 13. a written form of a musical composition
  6. 14. different word for female performer
  7. 15. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, in operatic singing by a soprano
  8. 16. A passage meant to be played softly
  9. 17. A performance by 2 people
  10. 22. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
  11. 23. Singing voice of a male adult which is between tenor and bass
  12. 25. Used to praise a preformer
  13. 27. Each note in a music piece played sharply and separated from other notes
Down
  1. 1. Introduction to an opera
  2. 2. the adult males voice
  3. 4. smooth no breaks in tone or song
  4. 5. A text written for and set to music in an opera
  5. 6. A group of instrumentalists, one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
  6. 7. The lowest of the four main singing voices. Found in adult males
  7. 8. 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
  8. 10. The highest of the four main singing voices
  9. 12. A action or protruding part
  10. 18. The use of everyday life and actions in artistic works
  11. 19. Different volume levels involved in a musical performance
  12. 20. A theme or motif in music
  13. 21. Loud or loudly
  14. 24. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular
  15. 26. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio