Across
- 2. - a theatrical production combining drama, vocal and orchestral music, costumes, scenery, and sometimes, dance.
- 4. – Italian meaning realism or the idea of taking events from real life and using those ideas to make an opera or drama.
- 7. thing at which someone excels.
- 10. - what opera singers need to do in order to be heard due to large opera halls.
- 14. – an instrumental introduction to an opera, an oratorio, or other stage work; the term is sometimes given to an independent orchestral composition. A good overture is made up of several contrasts such as loud – soft, slow – fast, etc. The purpose of an overture in an opera or musical is to set the mood for the audience to prepare them for the production.
- 15. – 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
- 16. – highest female voice whose range falls between middle c and a c above the staff
- 18. – a soprano who has been specially trained to sing rapid passages, trills and difficult runs.
- 19. – the lowest female voice whose range is from an a below the staff to an e on the fourth space of the staff.
- 21. - a group of instrumentalists including strings which perform a variety of musical styles.
- 25. – the part of an opera sung by a large group.
- 26. – 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.
Down
- 1. a large keyboard musical instrument with a wooden case enclosing a soundboard and metal strings, which are struck by hammers when the keys are depressed. The strings' vibration is stopped by dampers when the keys are released, and it can be regulated for length and volume by two or three pedals.
- 3. – 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. – the loudness and softness of musical sound
- 6. – a song written for two voices.
- 8. – a cheer of approval for male opera singers.
- 9. – the text of an opera; from the Italian word meaning “little book.”
- 11. – a speechlike, declamatory vocal style that is used in the conversational passages in an opera.
- 12. – Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes.
- 13. – a cheer of approval for female opera singers.
- 15. – 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.
- 17. – the story around which the musical or opera is based.
- 20. – an instrumental introduction to a musical drama, usually shorter than an overture; also, a short, independent composition.
- 22. – Italian meaning to make notes short, detached and separated.
- 23. – a song for solo voice, often designed to show off a singer’s vocal ability.
- 24. – what the conductor of the orchestra uses to lead an opera or musical. The score contains both the music and the vocal parts.