Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 1. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio
  2. 5. the plan, scheme, or main story of a literary or dramatic work, as a play, novel, or short story.
  3. 6. the adult male voice intermediate between the bass and the alto or countertenor.
  4. 11. the text or words of an opera or similar extended musical composition
  5. 15. A similar orchestral work intended for independent concert performance
  6. 16. A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
  7. 17. A soprano skilled in such singing.
  8. 18. such a group singing choral parts in connection with soloists or individual singe
  9. 20. overture to an opera.
  10. 23. in praising a female performer).
  11. 24. A group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
  12. 26. Variation in force or intensity, especially in musical sound
  13. 27. used in praising a performer).
  14. 28. the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful
Down
  1. 2. The highest adult male singing voice.
  2. 3. Loud
  3. 4. voice between alto and soprano
  4. 7. Musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech
  5. 8. Soft or softly
  6. 9. a recurring short melodic phrase or theme used, esp in Wagnerian music dramas, to suggest a character, thing, etc
  7. 10. the highest singing voice in women and boys.
  8. 11. smooth and connected; without breaks between the successive tones
  9. 12. A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular
  10. 13. a piece that precedes a more important movement.
  11. 14. a projecting or protruding part.
  12. 19. Sheet music is a hand-written or printed form of musical notation; like its analogs—books, pamphlets, etc.—the medium of sheet music
  13. 21. A performance by two people, esp. singers, instrumentalists, or dancers
  14. 22. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass
  15. 25. Performance in this manner