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Classic Opera Composers Crossword

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Across

  • 1AGerman opera type with spoken dialogue, Mozart's 'Magic Flute' exemplifies it
  • 3AMale soprano produced by controversial 17th-18th century vocal practice
  • 4AUnconventional string instrument tuning technique used for special effects
  • 5AGradual increase in volume, a technique Rossini famously overused

Down

  • 2DInstrumental piece between opera acts, or short comic opera itself
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Answers for Classic Opera Composers Crossword

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Across answers

  • 1A German opera type with spoken dialogue, Mozart's 'Magic Flute' exemplifies it — SINGSPIEL (9 letters)
  • 3A Male soprano produced by controversial 17th-18th century vocal practice — CASTRATO (8 letters)
  • 4A Unconventional string instrument tuning technique used for special effects — SCORDATURA (10 letters)
  • 5A Gradual increase in volume, a technique Rossini famously overused — CRESCENDO (9 letters)

Down answers

  • 2D Instrumental piece between opera acts, or short comic opera itself — INTERMEZZO (10 letters)
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