Opera Puzzle

2. a group or set of twenty or about twenty
4. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera
8. soft or softly
9. a dramatic song when people make their voices go very high
10. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto
13. the text of an opera or a long vocal work
15. a singing voice that is lower than a soprano but higher than a tenor
16. the process or technique of reproducing a spatial object upon a plane or curved surface or a line by projecting its points
20. in a loud manner
21. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition
22. a piece of music that is performed by two singers or musicians
23. in a manner that is smooth and flowing
24. a man's singing voice that is higher than the voice of the bass and lower than the voice of the tenor
26. a group of singers and dancers in a modern play, musical show, etc

1. used interjectionally in applauding a woman
3. a song in an opera sung by one person
5. the highest of the four standard singing voices
6. an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important manner
7. an associated melodic phrase or figure that accompanies the reappearance of an idea, person, or situation especially in a Wagnerian music drama
11. a rhythmically free vocal style that imitates the natural inflections of speech and that is used for dialogue and narrative in operas and oratorio
12. the plan or main story
14. having or indicating a low sound or range
17. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
18. a style of singing usually in opera that contains a lot of high notes sung very fast
19. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others
22. variation and contrast in force or intensity
24. a shout of approval often used interjectionally in applauding a performance
25. the highest adult male singing voice