Revised puzzle 81116

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Across
  1. 1. One soprano, four roles
  2. 4. A light-hearted opera with spoken dialogue, such as “The Abduction from Seraglio”
  3. 7. Brief tune played at the appearance of a specific character or object
  4. 11. Musicians who play on stage or backstage, instead of the pit
  5. 16. Best seats in the house for $15.
  6. 17. Quick-change assistant
  7. 18. A short piece of music between acts
  8. 19. An enthusiastic expression shouted by audience members (masculine form)
  9. 20. LA Opera’s new ‘Artist in Residence’ creating and conducting a new score for (see_______)
  10. 21. Lavish and decadent
  11. 24. Tony Award winning director manning the helm of Verdi’s “Macbeth” (2 wrds)
  12. 25. _______ Role: Gender bending part for women
  13. 27. A tortured drunk in “The Tales of Hoffmann”
  14. 32. German for 'heroic baritone such as the authoritative mature sound of “Macbeth“
  15. 33. Large subtitles in case you don’t speak the language
  16. 35. From beginning to end without dialog, such as Puccini’s “Tosca” (2 wrds)
  17. 36. Torture, murder and suicide make this Puccini political-romance a lethal opera.
  18. 37. Main character’s emotional solo
  19. 38. Philip Glass opera about Egypt’s visionary royal couple
Down
  1. 2. LA Opera’s Off Grand productions take place in this theater (acromyn)
  2. 3. Where the orchestra sits
  3. 5. Plucking instead of using the bow
  4. 6. To captivate the audience; transfix
  5. 8. Witches brew this up in Macbeth (2wrds)
  6. 9. High space above the stage where set pieces are “flown” out of sight
  7. 10. She wants a head on a platter
  8. 12. “The ____________” This multimedia opera has a movement mixing samples from Hitchcock’s “The Birds” soundtrack with “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”
  9. 13. The “first lady” of an opera, sometimes known as a diva (2wrds)
  10. 14. Tales from the sordid underbelly
  11. 15. Ensuing mischief in The Abduction from the Seraglio
  12. 22. “Wonderful Town” kicks off a celebration of this composer/ conductor’s 100th birthday (2 wrds)
  13. 23. The “First Family” of LA Opera working together as conductor and director of “The Tales of Hoffmann”
  14. 26. Vocal characteristics based on the Italian for "flowering"
  15. 28. An opera’s lyricist
  16. 29. A fancy word for an opera in multiple languages
  17. 30. “_____________: A Symphony of Horror” Halloween’s Ace vampire with live accompaniment
  18. 31. A boisterous or unruly mood
  19. 34. A mnemonic pattern played on an Indian drum in the biographical opera “Thumbprint” (2 wrds)