Across
- 3. new texture during the baroque era
- 4. speech-like singing before aria
- 6. first successful opera by monteverdi
- 9. a misshapen pearl
- 10. multiple lines of melodic importance
- 11. first opera house in 1638
- 12. extended vocal solo
Down
- 1. text of an opera
- 2. cycle of madrigals connected by theme
- 5. outstanding musical talent
- 7. one note per syllable
- 8. drama presented in music with characters singing