Opera Crossword

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Across
  1. 5. the use of everyday actions in musical words
  2. 6. musical instrument in which felt covered hammers strike the metal strings
  3. 8. main story of a dramatic work
  4. 11. string instrument
  5. 13. type of male singing
  6. 14. recurring short melodic phrase
  7. 18. short independent instrumental piece
  8. 19. decorations in vocal voice
  9. 20. singing voice in women and boys
  10. 23. musical term meaning “loud”
  11. 24. extended dramatic composition
  12. 25. praising a performer
  13. 26. vibration and gradation in the volume of musical sound
Down
  1. 1. singers singing in a union
  2. 2. an adult male voice
  3. 3. pertaining to the nature of a recital
  4. 4. shortened or detached when singing or played
  5. 7. text or words of an opera
  6. 9. introduction played by orchestra
  7. 10. the act of visualizing
  8. 12. expressive melody
  9. 15. a voice in between soprano and contralto
  10. 16. smooth and connected without breaks in between
  11. 17. express approval for women
  12. 21. musical term meaning “high”
  13. 22. group of performers on various musical instruments
  14. 26. musical composition of two voices
  15. 27. a written or printed piece of music