Opera

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Across
  1. 3. any metal alloy consisting mainly of copper and zinc
  2. 5. a song for a solo voice, often designed to show off a singer's vocal ability
  3. 6. The uppermost part or voice.
  4. 7. a cheer of approval for female opera singers.
  5. 8. runs, trills, and other floid decorations in vocal music
  6. 11. the act of communicating distinctly and forcefully to an audience
  7. 15. An orchestral composition forming the prelude or instruction to an opera.
  8. 17. A cheer of approval for male opera singers.
  9. 18. The course or thought that runs through something written or spoken.
  10. 19. a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used to suggest a character,thing, etc.
  11. 21. an extended dramatic composition, in which all parts are sung to instrumental accompaniment, that usually includes arias,choruses, and recitatives, and that sometimes includes ballet.Compare comic opera, grand opera.
  12. 22. a group of persons singing in unison
  13. 23. A relatively short composition of an instrument.
  14. 25. Talent, skill, excellence, strength, strong point.
Down
  1. 1. Italian meaning to make notes short, detached and separated.
  2. 2. a musical instrument in which hammers hit metal strings
  3. 4. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical compositions.
  4. 9. A style of music intermediate between singing and speaking.
  5. 10. soprano voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto
  6. 12. a group of performers on various musical instruments, including especially stringed instruments of the viol class, clarinets and flutes, cornets and trombones, drums, and cymbals, for playing music, as symphonies, operas, popular music, or other compositions.
  7. 13. variation and gradation in the volume of musical sound
  8. 14. lowest female voice and highest male voice
  9. 16. The use in everyday life and actions in artistic works.
  10. 17. the male voice is between the tenor and the bass voices. The range is from a b on the second line of the bass clef to a d above the staff on the bass clef.
  11. 19. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes.
  12. 20. a written or printed piece of music with all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged on staves, one under the other
  13. 23. The story line or the main story of the song, play, opera etc.
  14. 24. a musical composition of two voices or instruments