Opera crossword puzzle

1. An instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition.
4. The part of an opera sung by a large group.
6. What the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical. The score contains both the music and the vocal parts.
9. A group of instrumentalists including strings which perform a variety of musical forms.
11. Italian meaning to make notes short.
14. What opera singers need to do in order to be heard due to large opera halls.
15. In a smooth, flowing manner, without breaking between notes.
17. The text of an opera; from the Italian word meaning “little book.”
19. The highest male voice whose range is from an e on the first line of the staff to a g above the staff on the treble clef. An important note is that the tenor voice sounds an octave lower than it is written.
20. Highest female voice whose range falls between middle c and a c above the staff
22. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in opera.
23. Italian meaning realism or the idea of taking events from real life and using those ideas to make an opera or drama.
26. A shout of approval.
27. A performance by two people.

1. A large keyboard musical instrument
2. The loudness and softness of a musical sound.
3. A voice, instrument, or sound in the lowest form.
5. An instrumental introduction to an opera, and oratorio, or other stage work.
7. The story around which the musical or opera is based
8. A theme throughout music associated with a certain person, idea, or situation
10. A soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs.
12. A speechlike, declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera.
13. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
16. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range above tener, in particular.
18. Applauding a woman.
21. A theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes, dance.
24. Soprano female voice which is between that of an alto and a soprano and whose range is from middle c to a g above the staff.
25. A thing at which somebody excels