Opera

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Across
  1. 3. A song written for two voices.
  2. 5. The highest adult female voice.
  3. 6. A instrument with keys.
  4. 7. The text of an opera or other long vocal work.
  5. 9. An instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition.
  6. 11. A instrument played with strings.
  7. 12. Notes that are played quickly and sharply.
  8. 13. The second lowest voice. Above the bass, below the soprano and alto.
  9. 15. A passage in vocal music when the words are sung in a way that resembles speech.
  10. 16. A cheer of approval for female opera singers.
  11. 18. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes.
  12. 19. A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
  13. 20. A recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
  14. 21. A large organized group of singers, esp. one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.
  15. 23. Italian meaning realism or the idea of taking events from real life and using those ideas to make an opera or drama.
  16. 24. A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
Down
  1. 1. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
  2. 2. A written form of a musical composition.
  3. 3. The loudness and softness of musical sound.
  4. 4. A soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs.
  5. 7. Type of song or and gonera.
  6. 8. An orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition. The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up
  7. 10. An estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
  8. 14. Soprano Female voice which is between that of an alto and a soprano and whose range is from middle c to a g above the staff
  9. 16. Used to express approval when a performer has done something well.
  10. 17. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.
  11. 19. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
  12. 22. A person's strong suit, or most highly developed characteristic, talent, or skill; something that one excels in.