3.
Classifying the voice of a singer is important to
1. Opera technique is called bel canto, what does it
means?
4. What is Aria?
7. What is the usual role that is played by a soprano
singer?
10. What is the place where the action will occur on
stage?
13. Who is the composer of La Traviata?
16. Give at least 3 operas written by Giuseppe Verdi.
19. It is the highest female voice.
22. It is called as the secondary roles of an opera.
These roles are often confidantes, maids, servants,
messengers, or medical personnel. They are
usually sung by younger or lesser-known artists.
25. What is an ensemble that is comprised of string,
woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments led
by a conductor?
28. The primary roles of an opera. These may be
heroes/heroines, villains or other strong
characters.
31. It is one of the famous works of Schubert which
was inspired from the poem of Johann Goethe
about the father, the child and the Elf king.
34. What do you call the artist who arranges the text
of a story?
2. Who is the French composer who became famous for
his opera Carmen?
5. A musical piece intended for a solo voice and piano.
8. Lowest female voice and is very rare.
11. It is a group of people singing together in parts or in
unison.
14. The book that the composer and librettist put
together, it is a notated piece of music.
17. It is the lowest female voice. Considered as the rarest
voice classification among females.
20. What is mezzo-soprano?
23. It is an opera about a young Japanese girl who falls in
love with an American naval officer with devastating
consequences. Set in Nagasaki, Japan.
26. These items can be carried on stage in an actor’s
hands or that ‘dress’ the set (such as furniture or
decorative accessories).
29. Declamatory singing, used in the prosed parts and
dialogue of an opera. It is singing that has the rhythm
of talking.
32. A recurrent theme throughout a musical
composition, associated with a particular person,
idea or situation.
35. It is a story set into music with several acts, finales
and postludes.
guide us with the choice of songs to be given. The
range of a soprano is similar like the instrument
____________.
6. Highest male voice.
9. Lowest female voice and most unique among
female.
12. Name at least 3 opera composers during the
Romantic period.
15. An air or solo singing part sung by a principal
character.
18. It is the text of an opera. Librettist and the
composer work closely together to tell the story.
21. He is a German composer who developed lieder.
24. Richard Wagner made used of these musical
sequences in most of his operas. What do you call
these approach that he had adapted in his operas?
27. A piece that is sung by two or more characters at
the same time (duet for two characters, trio for
three characters, quartet for four characters, etc.).
30. The outfits worn by each actor to reflect the time
and place of an opera as well as the personality of
each character.
33. Georges Bizet’s famous opera that had terrible
reviews when it was first performed in Paris.