Across
- 2. the prelude or introduction to an opera
- 5. the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works
- 6. a performance by two people
- 7. shortened and detached when played
- 9. a soprano skilled in such singing
- 11. soft; subdued
- 12. the highest adult male singing voice
- 14. used in praising a female performer
- 15. a projecting or protruding part
- 18. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition
- 19. the highest of the four standard singing voice
- 21. a group of performers on various musical instruments
Down
- 1. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto
- 3. a style used in operas, oratorios and cantatas in which the text is declaimed in the rhythm if natural speech with slight melodic variation and little orchestral accompaniment
- 4. also called storyline, the plan/scheme, in a play, novel, or short story
- 6. of or pertaining to the range of volume or musical sound
- 8. the adult male voice intermediate between bass and alto or counter tenor bravo used in praising a male performer
- 10. reoccurring phrase
- 13. smooth and connected without breaks between the successive tones
- 14. an adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
- 16. loud or loudly
- 17. a voice, instrument or sound of the lowest range
- 20. a relatively short, independent instrumental composition
- 21. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists
- 22. a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse
- 23. to orchestrate
- 24. a long accompaniment song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio