Opera

1. the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
4. 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.
7. a female singer with a voice pitched between soprano and contralto.
10. Feminine of Bravo
12. elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing by a soprano.
13. Relative loudness
14. meaning "loud"
16. is a short, constantly recurring musical phrase associated with a particular person, place, or idea.
18. a large organized group of singers, especially one that performs together with an orchestra or opera company.
19. legato indicates that musical notes are played or sung smoothly and connected.
20. orchestrate or arrange (a piece of music), typically for a specified instrument or instruments.
21. realism in the arts, especially late 19th-century Italian opera.
22. a dramatic work in one or more acts, set to music for singers and instrumentalists.
24. used to express approval when a performer or other person has done something well.

2. a singing voice between baritone and alto or countertenor, the highest of the ordinary adult male range.
3. an orchestral piece at the beginning of an opera, suite, play, oratorio, or other extended composition
4. the strength of speaking or singing whereby the voice is used loudly and clearly.
5. the highest of the four standard singing voices.
6. a long, accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one in an opera or oratorio
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.
9. a song done by two people
10. an adult male singing voice between tenor and bass.
11. a voice, instrument, or part below the highest range and above tenor, in particular.
15. with each sound or note sharply detached or separated from the others.
16. the text of an opera or other long vocal work.
17. a group of instrumentalists, especially one combining string, woodwind, brass, and percussion sections and playing classical music.
23. a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the 88 keys are depressed.
24. a voice, instrument, or sound of the lowest range, in particular.