A Night at the Opera

4. a repeated or additional performance of an item at the end of a concert, as called for by an audience
7. call the appearance of one or more performers on stage after a performance to acknowledge the audience's applause
10. performed with each note sharply detached or separated from the others
12. a famous female opera singer
15. one in an opera or oratorio
16. the highest of the standard singing ranges
17. the main division of a play, ballet or opera
18. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
19. a group of notes sung to one syllable of text
21. a form of German light opera, typically with spoken dialogue, popular especially in the late 18th century
23. a singing voice between baritone and alto, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
25. an introduction to something more substantial. An orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition
26. a long accompanied song for a solo voice,
27. a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers

1. a pause or break, usually between acts of a play, ballet or opera
2. vocal music of the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note
3. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto
5. the quality created by the combination of the different elements/layers in music
6. the last part of a piece of music or performance, especially when particularly dramatic or exciting.
8. the sunken sections in front of the staged from which the orchestra performs
9. an adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
11. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing
13. text of an opera or another long vocal composition
14. the lowest range of the male singing voice
20. a subdivision of an act of a play, ballet or opera in which the time is continuous and the setting fixed
22. a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged one below the other
24. smooth and flowing in manner, without breaks between notes