Opera crossword puzzle

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  1. 1. A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
  2. 2. a dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
  3. 5. feminine of bravo
  4. 6. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular
  5. 9. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes
  6. 10. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
  7. 13. sections and playing classical music.
  8. 15. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, esp. in operatic singing by a soprano.
  9. 16. realism in the arts, esp. late 19th-century Italian opera.
  10. 17. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation.
  11. 19. A performance by two people
  12. 20. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of
  13. 21. a group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and
  14. 23. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by
  15. 27. a document showing all the notes of a piece of music
  16. 28. the highest of the four standard singing voices
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  1. 1. Used to express approval when a performer or other person did something well.
  2. 3. A large keyboard musical instrument
  3. 4. 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
  4. 7. The text of an opera or other long vocal work
  5. 8. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
  6. 11. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio.
  7. 12. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition.
  8. 13. the presentation of an image on a surface, esp. a movie screen.
  9. 14. a thing in which someone excels
  10. 18. 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:
  11. 22. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
  12. 24. writer as an interrelated sequence
  13. 25. a singing voice between baritone and alto.
  14. 26. a large, organised group of singers, esp. one that performs together with an