| SEVILLE | Andalusian capital which inspired musicians including Bizet, Beethoven, Mozart and Rossini and whose oranges are traditionally used for marmalade (7) |
| FIGARO | Hero of Mozart and Rossini operas (6) |
| CORELLI | String player not good person - or inspired musician (7) |
| ELGAR | Composer whose Cello Concerto has been recorded by musicians including Julian Lloyd Webber, Steven Isserlis and Sheku Kanneh-Mason (5) |
| VIOL | Bowed stringed instrument developed in the Renaissance, for which musicians including Byrd, Dowland and Purcell have composed works for consort or chest (4) |
| BRIO | Vivacity of Bizet and Rossini in operatic overtures |
| SCAR | Blemish in overtures of Suppe, Cherubini and Rossini (4) |
| CLASSICALMUSIC | Genre for Beethoven, Mozart, etc |
| CLASSICAL | Music by Beethoven, Mozart etc (9) |
| MALAGA | Andalusian capital |
| ERASMUS | Opera's musicians including Dutch thinker (7) |
| ATHENS | European capital which is home to the Parthenon and the Temple of Olympian Zeus (6) |
| WARHORSE | Declining to accept overtures of Auber, Rossini and Haydn ___ something too often played (8) |
| ROME | Couple of pieces from Rossini and couple from Mercadante in Italian city (4) |
| TAUNTED | Unruly trade unionists took off Rossini and teased him |
| ECUADOR | With a national capital which is the only one beginning with the letter "Q", a South American country including the Galapagos Islands (7) |
| TANKARD | 22 in this Turkish capital, which it is, almost died (7) |
| CARACAS | South American capital which was sacked by English buccaneers in 1595 |
| ABERDEEN | Scotland 'oil capital' which is the major service hub for the North Sea oil fields |
| SANTIAGO | Chilean capital which is one of South America's largest cities (8) |
