Opera Scenario #1

4. a group of instrumentalists, esp. one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
6. the branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
7. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
10. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
12. a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released, and it can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals.
13. an instrument that is second lowest in pitch in its family
14. realism in the arts, esp. late 19th-century Italian opera.
15. an introduction to something more substantial.
20. the text of an opera or other long vocal work.
22. Uppermost part or voice.
23. fine plaster used for coating wall surfaces or molding into architectural decorations
26. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
27. a voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.

1. Musical composition for two voices or instruments.
2. an introductory piece of music, most commonly an orchestral opening to an act of an opera, the first movement of a suite, or a piece preceding a fugue.
3. an estimate or forecast of a future situation or trend based on a study of present ones.
5. short, constantly recurring musical phrase
8. in a smooth, flowing manner, without breaks between notes.
9. A lyric soprano of high range.
11. musical declamation of the kind usual in the narrative and dialogue parts of opera and oratorio, sung in the rhythm of ordinary speech with many words on the same note
16. a voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
17. a large organized group of singers, esp. one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company
18. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.
19. a thing at which someone excels.
21. A melody.
22. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.
24. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
25. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.