| VINCENZO | And 54 Down Italian composer whose works include the operas La Sonnambula and Norma (8.7) |
| BELLINI | Italian composer whose works include the operas La Sonnambula and Norma (8.7) |
| ALESSIO | Character in Bellini's opera 'La sonnambula' (7) |
| RODOLFO | Count ___, character in Vincenzo Bellini's opera La sonnambula |
| THIRDPARTY | Neither Republican nor Democrat (after 23-Across and 54-Down) |
| WEAR | ___ and 54-Down (result of everyday use) |
| SERGEIPROKOFIEV | Russian composer whose works include the opera The Love for Three Oranges (6,9) |
| GUSTAVHOLST | British composer and trombonist whose works include the operas The Perfect Fool (1923) and The Wandering Scholar |
| OTTORINORESPIGHI | Italian composer whose works include the suites The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome |
| TIPPETT | Sir Michael ___, English composer whose works include the operas The Midsummer Marriage, King Priam and The Knot Garden (7) |
| NONO | Luigi -, Italian composer whose works include the opera Intolerance (4) |
| OTTORINO | Italian composer whose works include The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome (8,8) |
| RESPIGHI | Italian composer whose works include The Fountains of Rome and The Pines of Rome (8,8) |
| LEOSJANACEK | Czech composer whose works include the operas Jenufa and The Cunning Little Vixen (4,7) |
| JANACEK | Leos ___, Czech composer whose works include the operas Jenufa and The Cunning Little Vixen |
| HENRY | 17th-century English composer whose works include the opera Dido and Aeneas and the masque The Fairy-Queen (5,7) |
| PUCCINI | Giacomo ___, Italian composer whose works include La Boheme, Tosca and Madame Butterfly (7) |
| HAYDN | Franz Joseph ___, Austrian composer whose works include the operas Armida and Le Pescatrici (5) |
| GLASS | Philip ___, US minimalist composer whose works include the operas The Voyage (1992) |
| ALBANBERG | Austrian composer whose works include the operas Wozzeck and Lulu (5,4) |
