Opera

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  1. 3. 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. An important note is that the tenor voice sounds an octave lower than it is written.
  2. 8. the text of an opera; from the Italian word meaning “little book.”
  3. 9. a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs
  4. 12. what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical. The score contains both the music and the vocal parts.
  5. 13. Italian meaning to make notes short, detached and separated
  6. 15. Italian meaning realism or the idea of taking events from real life and using those ideas to make an opera or drama.
  7. 16. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes
  8. 18. the ability to make a sound, especially the voice, heard at a distance.
  9. 20. a group of people singing in unison
  10. 22. a cheer of approval for male opera singers
  11. 23. an instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition
  12. 25. the loudness and softness of musical sound
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  1. 1. the lowest female voice whose range is from an a below the staff to an e on the fourth space of the staff.
  2. 2. a recurrent theme throughout a musical or literary composition, associated with a particular person, idea, or situation
  3. 4. a speechlike, declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera.
  4. 5. female voice which is between that of an alto and a soprano and whose range is from middle c to a g above the staff.
  5. 6. a musical composition for two voices or instruments
  6. 7. loud
  7. 10. an instrumental introduction to an opera, an oratorio, or other stage work; the term is sometimes given to an independent orchestral composition
  8. 11. the male voice is between the tenor and the bass voices. The range is from a b on the second line of the bass clef to a d above the staff on the bass clef.
  9. 13. highest female voice whose range falls between middle c and a c above the staff
  10. 14. a song for solo voice, often designed to show off a singer’s vocal ability.
  11. 17. a theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes, dance.
  12. 18. a musical instrument in which felt-covered hammers, operated from a keyboard, strike the metal strings
  13. 19. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music
  14. 21. a cheer of approval for female opera singers.
  15. 23. the story around which the musical or opera is based
  16. 24. 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.