Across
- 2. sung conversation between characters to help advance the story line
- 5. the sustaining of a pitch
- 6. comic opera
- 7. songs for a solo singer and orchestra
- 8. a serious form of opera with lofty heroic themes from history and mythology
Down
- 1. the text of an opera or musical, including dialogue and lyrics
- 3. a staged drama that is predominantly sung, most often with orchestral accompaniment
- 4. a style of Italian opera with realistic portrayals of everyday life
- 9. the feeling of sympathetic pity or compassion for a character