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2. the story around which the musical or opera is based.
4. the lowest of the male voices which is usually not developed until after the age of 16 or 17. The range of a bass is from a d below the staff on the bass clef to a c above the staff on the bass clef.
5. a loud effect in music.
9. a theatrical production combining drama, vocal, and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes dance.
10. the part of an opera sung by a large group.
12. the male voice is between the tenor and the bass voices.
14. Italian meaning to make notes short, detached, and separated.
16. a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs.
17. a song for solo voice, often designed to show off a singers vocal ability.
19. being able to make your voice loud enough for an audience to hear and to express the opera.
21. the highest female voice range falls between middle c and a c above the staff.
23. a motif or theme associated throughout in music drama with a particular situation or idea.
24. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes.
25. the highest male voice whose range is from an e on the first line of the staff to a g above the staff on the treble clef.

1. a song written for two voices.
2. a musical instrument with 88 keys.
3. the terms that describe how loud the music or voice is.
4. a cheer of approval for male opera singers.
6. a group of performers on various musical instruments in the viol class.
7. Italian meaning realism or the idea of taking events from real life and using those ideas to make an opera or drama.
8. the text of an opera from the italian word meaning what little "little book."
11. a female voice which is between that of an alto and a soprano and whos range is from middle c to a g above the staff.
12. a cheer of approval for female opera singer’s
13. what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical.
15. the lowest female voice range is from an a below the staff to an e on the fourth space on the staff.
18. a speech like, declamatory vocal style that is used in conversational passages in an opera.
20. an instrumental introduction to an opera, an oratorio or other stage work; the term is sometimes given to an independent orchestral composition.
22. an instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture.