Opera crossword puzzle

2. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.
3. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
7. Used to express approval when a performer or other person did something well.
9. the presentation of an image on a surface, esp. a movie screen.
12. a document showing all the notes of a piece of music
13. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, esp. in operatic singing by a soprano.
15. the highest of the four standard singing voices
16. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes
17. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of
19. sections and playing classical music.
22. a group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and
23. a dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
24. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
27. realism in the arts, esp. late 19th-century Italian opera.
28. feminine of bravo

1. The two basic dynamic indications in music are: p or piano, meaning "soft". f or forte, meaning "loud". More subtle degrees of loudness or softness are indicated by:
4. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
5. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by
6. A performance by two people
7. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
8. A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
10. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition.
11. a thing in which someone excels
14. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular
18. The text of an opera or other long vocal work
19. A large keyboard musical instrument
20. writer as an interrelated sequence
21. an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue
25. a large, organised group of singers, esp. one that performs together with an
26. a singing voice between baritone and alto.