Opera Puzzle

1. having or indicating a low sound or range
3. an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important manner
4. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
7. variation and contrast in force or intensity
8. in a manner that is smooth and flowing
11. an associated melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the reappearance of an idea, person, or situation especially in a Wagnerian music drama
15. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto
16. the highest adult male singing voice
17. the text of an opera or a long vocal work
18. a shout of approval often used interjectionally in applauding a performance
19. the plan or main story
21. a dramatic song when people make their voices go very high
24. the process or technique of reproducing a spatial object upon a plane or curved surface or a line by projecting its points
26. in a loud manner

1. used interjectionally in applauding a woman
2. the highest of the four standard singing voices
5. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
6. a man's singing voice that is higher than the voice of the bass and lower than the voice of the tenor
7. a piece of music that is performed by two singers or musicians
9. a singing voice that is lower than a soprano but higher than a tenor
10. a group or set of twenty or about twenty
12. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera
13. a rhythmically free vocal style that imitates the natural inflections of speech and that is used for dialogue and narrative in operas and oratorio
14. a style of singing usually in opera that contains a lot of high notes sung very fast
20. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition
22. soft or softly
23. a group of singers and dancers in a modern play, musical show, etc
25. a song in an opera sung by one person