Opera

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