| DELIUS | Frederick ___, composer of 1907 opera A Village Romeo and Juliet (6) |
| LOEWE | Frederick ___, composer of the music for the 1947 stage musical Brigadoon (5) |
| HANDEL | George Frederick _; composer and organist (6) |
| GLINKA | Mikhail ?, Russian composer of the operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila (6) |
| SANGER | Frederick ___, English biochemist who determined the complete amino- acid sequence of insulin in 1955; Nobel Prize for Chemistry (1958 and 1980) (6) |
| ASHTON | Frederick ___ (1904 - 88), ballet dancer and choreographer, knighted in 1962 (6) |
| HERBERT | Which Dublin park is a legacy of the International Exhibition of 1907? (7) |
| SAMWOOD | American director of films such as A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races and Goodbye, Mr. Chips |
| EARLOFWARWICK | A title of Riccardo in Verdi's opera A Masked Ball |
| CASTRATO | In 17th and 18th century opera, a male singer with a high voice (8) |
| MIKHAILGLINKA | 19th-century Russian composer whose works included the opera A Life For The Tsar (7,6) |
| TAVENER | John, British composer of the opera A Gentle Spirit (7) |
| ADAMS | John ___, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China (5) |
| JOHNADAMS | Composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China (4.5) |
| SYNGE | J M ___, author of 1907 stage play The Playboy of the Western World (5) |
| CHICAGOCUBS | World Series winners of 1907, 1908, and 2016: 2 wds. |
| LULU | Singer of pop or opera - a humdinger (4) |
| KNOTS | _____ Landing , US TV soap opera, a spin-off of Dallas |
| SOPRANO | See opera a ENO a never seeing energy in its star? (7) |
| KIRIBATI | A country singer performing opera's a bit strange (8) |
