Opera and theatre vocabulary

1. [Match]

Do you know these terms?

(The pit is often called ‘the orchestra pit’.)

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. the opera score (correct)
• 2. the stalls (correct)
• 3. stage crew, stage management team (correct)
• 4. the script (correct)
• 5. the overture (correct)
• 6. backstage – adverb or adjective (correct)
• 7. the set (correct)
• 8. at curtain-down (correct)
• 9. tenor (correct)
• 10. a quartet (correct)
• 11. the wings (correct)
• 12. at curtain-up (correct)
• 13. alto (correct)
• 14. the pit (correct)
• 14. baritone (correct)
• 16. the gods (correct)
• 17. acts (correct)
• 18. the plot (correct)
• 19. props (correct)
• 20. mezzo-soprano (correct)