| LATRAVIATA | An opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in Venice in 1853 (2,8) |
| ELENA | Opera by Francesco Cavalli first performed in Venice in 1659 |
| PARSIFAL | An opera in three acts by Richard Wagner, based on a 13th Century poem about an Arthurian knight (8) |
| AIDA | Opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi, first performed in Cairo in 1871 (4) |
| ILTROVATORE | Opera by Giuseppe Verdi first performed in 1853 |
| TANNHAUSER | Opera in three acts by Richard Wagner (1845) |
| LUCIOSILLA | 1772 opera in three acts by Mozart (5,5) |
| RECITATIVE | Style of musical declamation in an opera in the rhythm of natural speech |
| SANANTONIO | Almost performed The Merchant of Venice in US city |
| ALBERTHERRING | A chamber opera in three acts by Benjamin Britten, first performed in 1947 (6,7) |
| DONPASQUALE | Comic opera in three acts by Donizetti, first performed in 1843 (3,8) |
| TOSCA | Opera in three acts by Puccini, first performed in 1900 (5) |
| ABSTINENCE | Sailors can evacuate six from Venice in self-denial (10) |
| ARABELLA | A lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss, which premiered in 1933 (8) |
| BEGGARSOPERA | The - - - - - -, 1728 ballad opera in three acts by John Gay, subject of a painting by William Hogarth (7,5) |
| THEQUEENOFSPADES | Opera in three acts by Tchaikovsky based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin |
| LUCIA | _ di Lammermoor opera in three acts by Donizetti, loosely based on a story by Sir Walter Scott (5) |
| RIGOLETTO | Opera in three acts by Verdi (9) |
| TURANDOT | Opera in three acts by Puccini which features the aria Nessun Dorma (8) |
| LUCIO | 1772 opera in three acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (5,5) |
