Opera Crossword Puzzle

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  1. 4. Used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well
  2. 6. A thing at which someone excels
  3. 10. An introduction to something
  4. 11. a form of Bravo
  5. 13. an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
  6. 14. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
  7. 16. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
  8. 17. a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are pressed.
  9. 19. A genre of Opera
  10. 20. a speechlike, declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera.
  11. 22. a voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular
  12. 25. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
  13. 27. A current theme throughout a musical
  14. 28. A type of classical female singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types.
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  1. 1. The text of an opera or other long song
  2. 2. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
  3. 3. a song written for two voices
  4. 5. An introductory piece of music
  5. 7. a theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes, dance.
  6. 8. the volume of a sound or note in music
  7. 9. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
  8. 12. A range of the male singing voice higher than bass and lower than tenor.
  9. 15. A large group of organized singers that performs together with an orchestra
  10. 18. a song for solo voice, often designed to show off a singer's vocal ability.
  11. 21. a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs.
  12. 23. a voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
  13. 24. what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical. The score contains both the music and the vocal parts.
  14. 26. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.