Opera

3. a dramatic work in one or more acts set to music for singers and instrumentalists
9. A large organized group of singers
11. A piece played by the orchestra at the beginning of a musical performance
12. the scheme of something
13. a written form of a musical composition
14. different word for female performer
15. Elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, in operatic singing by a soprano
16. A passage meant to be played softly
17. A performance by 2 people
22. a voice or voice part intermediate in compass between soprano and contralto.
23. Singing voice of a male adult which is between tenor and bass
25. Used to praise a preformer
27. Each note in a music piece played sharply and separated from other notes

1. Introduction to an opera
2. the adult males voice
4. smooth no breaks in tone or song
5. A text written for and set to music in an opera
6. A group of instrumentalists, one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
7. The lowest of the four main singing voices. Found in adult males
8. 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
10. The highest of the four main singing voices
12. A action or protruding part
18. The use of everyday life and actions in artistic works
19. Different volume levels involved in a musical performance
20. A theme or motif in music
21. Loud or loudly
24. A voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular
26. A long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio