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3. A performance by two people, esp. singers, instrumentalists, or dancers.
6. A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
7. In a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks.
10. a soprano with a voice between soprano and contralto.
12. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
13. Loud or loudly.
14. Musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note
15. The text of an opera or other long vocal work.
16. A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
17. The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
19. An action or event serving as an introduction to something more important
20. A cheer of approval for female opera singers.
22. A large organized group of singers, esp. one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.
25. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.
26. The highest of the four standard singing voices.
27. A singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.

1. An introduction to something more substantial
2. a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings.
4. A group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
5. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, esp. in operatic singing by a soprano.
7. a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas).
8. The presentation of an image on a surface, esp. a movie screen.
9. A plan made in secret by a group of people to do something illegal or harmful.
11. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
18. With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others: "a staccato rhythm".
21. This genre of opera, as composed principally by Puccini, Mascagni, and Leoncavallo.
23. account - nick - notch
24. A cheer of approval for male opera singers.