Opera Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. a musical composition for two performers or voices
  2. 5. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes
  3. 7. the text of an opera; from the Italian word meaning “little book.”
  4. 11. what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical
  5. 12. A soft or low manner
  6. 14. a rhythmically free vocal style that imitates the natural inflections of speech and that is used for dialogue and narrative in operas and oratorios
  7. 18. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
  8. 19. the highest voice in males, and lowest in females
  9. 21. a projecting or protruding part
  10. 22. an instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition
  11. 23. variation and gradation in the volume of musical sound
  12. 25. the story around which the musical or opera is based
  13. 26. a song for solo voice, often designed to show off a singer’s vocal ability
  14. 28. the part of an opera sung by a large group
Down
  1. 1. an adult male’s voice intermediate between the bass and the alto, or countertenor
  2. 2. a theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes, dance
  3. 3. a cheer of approval for male opera singers
  4. 6. A group of performers on various musical instruments
  5. 7. A motif or theme associated throughout a music drama with a particular person, situation, or idea
  6. 8. a cheer of approval for female opera singers
  7. 9. a school of composition that originated in Italian opera towards the end of the 19th century, drawing its themes from real life and emphasizing naturalistic elements
  8. 10. an instrumental introduction to an opera, an oratorio, or other stage work; the term is sometimes given to an independent orchestral composition
  9. 13. A voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto
  10. 15. a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs
  11. 16. a male voice or voice part intermediate between tenor and bass.
  12. 17. Low in a pitch
  13. 20. In a loud forceful manner
  14. 24. the uppermost part or voice
  15. 27. speechlike, declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera