Across
- 2. an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue.
- 4. Orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.
- 5. relating to the volume of sound produced by an instrument, voice, or recording.
- 6. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor.
- 7. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence
- 8. An adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
- 10. A female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
- 12. Smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
- 14. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano.
- 18. a thing at which someone excels.
- 19. Realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
- 20. Introduction to something big.
- 21. The highest of the four standard singing voices.
- 23. Feminine of bravo
Down
- 1. Used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
- 3. Text of an opera or other song; the lyrics.
- 4. With each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
- 5. a performance by two people, especially singers, instrumentalists, or dancers.
- 7. Strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly.
- 9. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
- 11. Type of delivery used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas, in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms of ordinary speech.
- 13. A large group of singers that perform together with an orchestra or opera company.
- 15. Group of instrumentalists with strings, woodwinds, brass, and other percussion sections playing classical music.
- 16. A dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
- 17. Singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
- 22. A large instrument with metal strings, which are struck by hammers to make sound.
- 23. A voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.
- 24. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice in an opera or oratorio.