OperaKrostik

Begin by filling in the words next to the twenty definitions. Then transfer the letters to the grid. The grid contains a quotation from a book about opera; once you have written some letters in the grid, you will see words forming. (The black squares in the grid indicate the ends of words, but words can run over to the next line.) Fill in the remaining letters, and transfer them to the words section of the clues. By working back and forth between the clues and the grid, you should be able to discover all the letters. The initial letters of the word answers to the clues spell out the author's last name and the title of the book. Good luck!

definitionswords

(full name).

A.	Anna—, Bulgarian soprano	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	(hyphenated surname)	128	40	187	193	124	55	139	199	33	143	9	140
B.	He alternated Wotan roles with	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	James Morris in 1990 SFO Ring	17	12	87	151	28	48	116	1	195	109
C.	Manic plotting wife in Lohengrin	___	___	___	___	___	___
		121	51	148	126	194	53
D.	Weak husband of Lohengrin	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	villainess (see C.)	56	170	11	67	90	3	27	169	108
E.	Southern derogatory colloquialism	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	to describe the KKK (2 wds.)	165	68	50	120	156	137	200	152	107	84	105	174
F.	Consequence of kid's smashing his	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	favorite plaything? (4 wds.)	29	111	70	112	15	157	198	145	189	196	104
G.	Pours forth again	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
		118	125	113	25	79	23	81
H.	I Lombardi's repentant hermit	___	___	___	___	___	___
		204	173	175	138	91	7
I.	In divorce maneuver Prince Charles	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	tried to do this (2 wds.)	6	101	44	154	2	127	43	188
J.	How Fiora meets her doom	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	(3 wds.)	134	179	130	171	77	73	66	98	141	36
		___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
		75	191	18	49	110	161	92	132
K.	American inventor, 1765-1825	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	(full name)	146	47	186	172	158	60	122	59	2o6	89
L.	Biblical verb of command used	___	___	___	___	___
	with thou	197	123	32	37	5
M.	Route Radamès plans to take to	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	reengage the Ethiopian armies	19	164	69	129	96	159	180	62	100	150
	(4 wds.)	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
		35	10	163	63	131	71	201	24	94	65
N.	Stravinsky opera-oratorio (2 wds.)	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
		58	74	97	16	8	41	142	185	64	135
O.	Italian opera star Tiziana—	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
		133	178	30	88	103	38	34	4	102	54
P.	Arabella's Hungarian Mr. Right	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
		182	76	61	177	202	99	26	167
Q.	One aspect of a riptide	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
		114	147	181	117	190	207	153	166
R.	What Minnie does to halt the	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___
	hanging (4 wds.)	14	144	22	155	205	86	203	82	13	160	106
		___	___	___	___	___	___	___
		46	192	149	80	184	95	42
S.	Sarastro's two gods (2 wds.)	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___	___...