Opera

3. Dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
6. The aspect of execution of a given piece.
9. A recurring theme in a musical composition.
10. A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contrast.
12. When a musician uses ordinary speech in music.
14. Shortened and detached when played or sung
18. A document showing all notes on a piece of music.
19. The text of an opera.
20. A large, valved brass instrument shaped like a trumpet or coiled on oval form.
22. Loud or loudly.
23. The highest singing voice in women and boys.
24. A musical composition made for two voices or instruments.
25. A part of a song that recurs in intervals.
26. A smooth, flowing matter without breaks between notes.

1. The events that make up a song.
2. Praising a female performer.
4. A bass voice, singer, or instrument.
5. This musical term means “high” in Latin, refers to the second highest part of a musical texture.
7. A lyric soprano who specializes in such music.
8. The ability to make a sound heard at a distance.
11. A group of instrumentalists, consisting of brass, string, percussion, and woodwind instruments.
13. A school of composition that originated in Italian opera towards the end of the 19th century.
15. An elaborate melody song solo, usually in a opera.
16. Short piece of music.
17. An instrument with a keyboard that has strings on the inside that are struck by hammer to produce sound.
20. Used in praising a performer.
21. An orchestral piece at the beginning of an Opera.
27. The adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.