Opera Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. Soft
  2. 5. A cheer of approval for male opera singers
  3. 6. Italian meaning to make notes short, detached and separated.
  4. 9. The text of an opera; from the Italian word meaning “little book.”
  5. 12. The story around which the musical or opera is based
  6. 14. fast
  7. 15. A song written for two voices.
  8. 17. The highest female voice whose range is between a middle c and a c above the staff
  9. 20. What opera singers need to do in order to be heard due to large opera halls.
  10. 22. A song for solo voice, often designed to show off a singer’s vocal ability.
  11. 23. a group of instrumentalists including strings which perform a variety of musical styles
  12. 24. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes
  13. 26. Italian meaning realism or the idea of taking events from real life and using those ideas to make an opera or drama
  14. 27. Very, very slow
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  1. 1. The part of an opera sung by a large group
  2. 2. What a conductor uses to direct the music.
  3. 3. the male voice is between the tenor and the bass voices. The range is from a b on the second line of the bass clef to a d above the staff on the bass clef.
  4. 7. Loud
  5. 8. 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.
  6. 9. The use of a theme played by the orchestra to represent an idea, person, object or emotion
  7. 10. 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.
  8. 11. A theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes, dance.
  9. 13. The lowest female voice whose range is from an a below the staff to an e on the fourth space of a staff.
  10. 16. The loudest and softness of musical sound
  11. 18. A soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills, and difficult runs.
  12. 19. A speech like, declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera.
  13. 21. An instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition
  14. 25. A cheer of approval for female opera singers