Viva Verdi!

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Across
  1. 4. The highest male voice
  2. 5. Italian movement close to Verdi's heart
  3. 7. Translation from Italian means "goddess"
  4. 9. Verdi's opera that debuted in Cairo
  5. 10. Staple in Italian cuisine
  6. 12. grand canal completed in Verdi's time
  7. 14. Two years after Verdi's birth was the battle of ____
  8. 15. Shakespeare inspired opera
  9. 16. Verdi's first opera
  10. 17. City where Verdi is laid to rest
Down
  1. 1. Birthplace of Giuseppe Verdi
  2. 2. point against point
  3. 3. the last opera composed by Verdi
  4. 6. Secret political society in 1800's Italy (the charcoal burners)
  5. 8. The written text of an opera
  6. 11. Verdi's first instrument
  7. 12. the highest female voice
  8. 13. Principle woman singer in an opera