| BILLYBUDD | Four-act opera by Benjamin Britten produced in London in 1951 (5,4) |
| BILLY | Benjamin Britten opera first produced in London in 1951 (5,4) |
| BUDD | Benjamin Britten opera first produced in London in 1951 (5,4) |
| AIDA | Four-act opera by Giuseppe Verdi commissioned by the khedive of Egypt and premiered in the Cairo Opera House in 1871 (4) |
| NIGHTMAIL | 1936 documentary film featuring a poem by W H Auden and music by Benjamin Britten |
| ALDEBURGH | Suffolk resort, home to an annual music festival established in 1948 by Benjamin Britten (9) |
| GRIMES | Peter _, opera by Benjamin Britten first performed in London in 1945 (6) |
| PETERGRIMES | Opera by Benjamin Britten first performed at Sadler's Wells in London in 1945 (5,6) |
| LESCAUT | Four-act opera by Puccini set in 18c France (5,7) |
| MANON | And 12 Ac. Four-act opera by Puccini set in 18c France (5,7) |
| CRABBE | Poet whose character Peter Grimes in The Borough inspired an opera by Benjamin Britten (6) |
| GLORIANA | Opera by Benjamin Britten first performed in 1953 (8) |
| OWENWINGRAVE | Opera by Benjamin Britten based on a work by Henry James (4,8) |
| NABUCCO | 1841 four-act opera by Verdi (7) |
| THEGRANDDUKE | Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera produced in London in 1896 (3,5,4) |
| LUCRETIA | 'The Rape of --', opera by Benjamin Britten (8) |
| THERAPEOFLUCRETIA | Opera by Benjamin Britten, written for Kathleen Ferrier (3,4,2,8) |
| NOYESFLUDDE | 1958 opera by Benjamin Britten adapted from the Chester miracle play (5,6) |
| ALBERTHERRING | 1947 comic opera by Benjamin Britten (6,7) |
| ALBERTH | 1947 opera by Benjamin Britten |
