Kathleen's opera scenerio 1

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Across
  1. 5. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
  2. 6. also means exclamation.
  3. 8. is a piece of music played by an orchestra at the beginning of an opera or play.
  4. 11. means a string of sustained vowels.
  5. 12. a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are pressed
  6. 13. the volume of the composition
  7. 15. is a passage rendered in this style.
  8. 18. a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio
  9. 21. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.
  10. 22. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range
  11. 23. the lowest musical pitch
  12. 25. the highest of the four standard singing voices
Down
  1. 1. means strong.
  2. 2. a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers
  3. 3. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto
  4. 4. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
  5. 6. the second lowest musical pitch
  6. 7. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano
  7. 8. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
  8. 9. an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
  9. 10. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well
  10. 14. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
  11. 16. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera
  12. 17. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
  13. 19. a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio
  14. 20. Means ‘high’ in Italian
  15. 24. is a similar but independent composition for the piano.
  16. 26. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists