Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. A cheer of approval for male opera singers
  2. 6. The text of an opera;from the Italian word meaning "little book"
  3. 8. The story around which an opera or musical is based
  4. 9. A group of instrumentalists involving string, woodwind, brass, and percussion
  5. 10. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes
  6. 11. Making your voice loud and clear so the audience can understand your singing
  7. 13. An instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture
  8. 14. Italian meaning to make notes short, detached and separated
  9. 17. A cheer of approval for female opera singers
  10. 19. A soprano who was been trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs
  11. 22. The lowest female singing voice
  12. 24. A song written for two voices
  13. 25. Loud
  14. 26. The conductor uses this when conducting orchestra to lead an opera or a musical
Down
  1. 2. The idea of taking events and making them into an opera or drama
  2. 3. The volume of a sound or note
  3. 4. The voice range between alto and soprano
  4. 5. The highest female singing group
  5. 7. The male voice between the tenor and the bass voices
  6. 10. A recurring theme throughout a musical
  7. 12. The lowest of male voices
  8. 13. Soft
  9. 15. The part of an opera sung by a large group
  10. 16. A theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, and costumes
  11. 18. A song meant to show off a vocalists musical abilities
  12. 20. An instrumental introduction to an opera
  13. 21. a speechlike, declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera
  14. 23. The male singing voice between baritone and alto