Opera

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Across
  1. 1. a cheer of approval for female opera singers.
  2. 4. what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical. The score contains both the music and the vocal parts
  3. 6. the story around which the musical or opera is based
  4. 7. The middle female singing voice
  5. 11. Soft or softy
  6. 13. the highest male voice whose range is from an e on the first line of the staff to a g above the staff on the treble clef
  7. 14. an instrumental introduction to an opera, an oratorio, or other stage work; the term is sometimes given to an independent orchestral composition.
  8. 15. A speechlike,declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera
  9. 17. Italian meaning to make notes short, detached and separated
  10. 20. a cheer of approval for male opera singers
  11. 21. A story acted and sung by one or more singers to an instrumental accompaniment
  12. 22. an air of melody
  13. 24. an instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition
  14. 25. when two singers sing together
Down
  1. 2. Describes the realistic style of opera that started in Italy at the end of the nineteenth century
  2. 3. the loudness and softness of musical sound
  3. 5. A recurring line
  4. 6. an instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition
  5. 8. a projection or protruding part
  6. 9. The group of instrumentalists or musicians who, led by the conductor, accompany the singers
  7. 10. highest female voice whose range falls between middle c and a c above the staff
  8. 12. he 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
  9. 16. a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs
  10. 18. A group of singers, singing together
  11. 19. the lowest female voice whose range is from an a below the staff to an e on the fourth space of the staff
  12. 20. the deepest male voice
  13. 23. to sing loudly
  14. 24. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes