| FLOTOW | Friedrich von ..., German composer whose opera Martha was first performed in 1847 (6) |
| WAGNER | Name a renowned German composer whose operas included Tristan and Isolde (6) |
| SCHLEGEL | Friedrich von --, German philosopher and author of the novel Lucinde (8) |
| TELEMANN | Georg Philipp, German composer whose operas include Pimpinone (8) |
| MEYERBEER | German composer whose operas influenced Wagner |
| SPRING | 1891 stage play by Frank Wedekind that was first performed in 1906 (6,9) |
| KLEIST | Heinrich von --, playwright whose works include Prinz Friedrich von Homburg (6) |
| REUTER | Paul von --, German telegrapher who founded a news agency in London in 1851 (6) |
| BRAHMS | German composer whose first symphony took him 21 years to write |
| MARTHA | Comic opera by Friedrich von Flotow (6) |
| LIEBIG | Justus von, German chemist who specialised in analysing organic compounds (6) |
| GOETHE | Johann Wolfgang von --,German poet, dramatist, scientist and court official (6) |
| HANDEL | Let's hear the "Hallelujah Chorus" for George ___, the German composer whose "Messiah" is a timeless Christmas classic (Hint: His surname sounds like cool part of a mug of steaming hot cocoa) |
| GOUNOD | French composer whose operas include Romeo and Juliet |
| RUSALKA | Three-act Dvorak opera that was first performed in Prague in 1901 (7) |
| DIDOANDAENEAS | Purcell opera that was first performed in 1689 (4,3,6) |
| GUILLAUMETELL | Gioacchino Rossini opera that was first performed in 1829 (9,4) |
| MESSIAH | Oratorio by Handel that was first performed in Dublin in 1742 (7) |
| TRIALBYJURY | One-act Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera that was first performed in 1875 (5,2,4) |
| WEBER | Carl Maria von --, German composer of the opera Abu Hassan (5) |
