Match the words with their definitions.

A. Chorus
B. Recitative
C. Libretto
D. Aria


A. A group of singers in an opera who portrayed, for example, citizens of a town
B. A combination of singing and speech used as dialogue in an opera
C. The text of an opera
D. The most important form of vocal expression in opera

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