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