| SETA | 1812 Rossini comic opera, La Scala di ___ |
| SEVILLE | Rossini comic opera, The Barber Of ... |
| TITO | Mozart opera "La Clemenza di ___" |
| DANDINI | Valet of Prince Ramiro in the Rossini opera La Cenerentola (7) |
| VERDI | Giuseppe -; composer who based his opera La Traviata on Alexandre Dumas fils's novel and play La Dame aux Camelias (5) |
| FORZA | Verdi opera, La ___ del destino |
| PUCCINI | Giacomo ___, composer of 1896 opera La boheme (7) |
| HALEVY | Fromental ___, French composer of 1835 opera La Juive (6) |
| PONCHIELLI | Amilcare, Italian composer of the 1876 opera La Gioconda (10) |
| TRAVIATA | 1853: Verdi opera, la ___ |
| MONSIGNY | Pierre-Alexandre ?, French composer of 1773 opera La Belle Arsene (8) |
| ALFREDO | Principal male character in the opera La Traviata, in love with Violetta |
| VIOLETTA | Principal female role in the opera "La Traviata" |
| FALLA | Manuel da -----, composer of the opera La vida breve (5) |
| HORTENSIUS | A steward in Donizetti's opera La fille du regiment |
| DANCEOFTHEHOURS | Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda |
| TOSCALE | Opera La boheme's outsiders shown proportionately (2,5) |
| VIDA | Manuel de Falla opera "La ___ Breve" |
| MIMI | The leading female role in Puccini's opera La boheme |
| ALESSIO | Character in Bellini's opera 'La sonnambula' (7) |