Across
- 2. Italian meaning realism or the idea of taking events from real life
- 5. Italian meaning to smoothly connect notes
- 7. A soprano who is specially trained to sing rapid passages
- 9. what the conductor of a opera or orchestra uses
- 12. an instrumental introduction to a musical drama
- 13. Any kind of music inserted between the verses of a song
- 14. The male voice between the tenor and the bass voices
- 15. the highest male voice
- 18. A song written for two voices
- 19. music music composed around a certain idea
- 20. the story around which a musical or opera is based
- 21. Italian meaning to make notes short
- 22. the highest female voice
- 25. A theatrical production combining drama vocal and orchestral music, costumes
Down
- 1. The lowest of the male voices
- 3. a musical drama for voices and orchestra
- 4. A cheer of approval for male opera singers
- 6. a song for solo voice
- 8. a speech like declamatory vocal style
- 10. usually a short romantic comic opera
- 11. The text of an opera from a Italian word meaning little book
- 14. A cheer of approval for female opera singers
- 16. the part of an opera sung by a large group
- 17. A theoretical production combining drama vocal and orchestral music
- 23. A lively upbeat song that is generally used to open a musical
- 24. The lowest female voice