| VERDI | Giuseppe - - -, composer of the opera Aida (5) |
| CAIRO | Where the opera Aida premiered in 1871 |
| GIUSEPPEVERDI | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| FALLA | Composer of the opera La Vida Breve and the ballet The Three-Cornered Hat (5) |
| RAVEL | Maurice, French composer of the opera The Spanish Hour (5) |
| BIZET | Composer of the opera Carmen (5) |
| ALBAN | Mr Berg, composer of the opera Wozzeck (5) |
| GLASS | Philip, US composer of the opera Akhnaten (5) |
| WEBER | Carl Maria von --, German composer of the opera Abu Hassan (5) |
| WEILL | Kurt, composer of the opera Street Scene (5) |
| BOITO | Arrigo, Italian composer of the opera Mefistofele (5) |
| DINDY | Vincent ___, French composer of the opera Fervaal, which premiered in 1897 (5) |
| IBERT | French composer of the opera Angelique, Jacques ___ (b.1890 - d.1962) |
| SPOHR | Louis ___, German composer of the operas Jessonda and Faust (5) |
| ROREM | Ned ___, US composer of the operas Bertha, Our Town and Miss Julie (5) |
| ADAMS | John ___, composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China (5) |
| TRIUMPHAL | ---- March from Verdi opera Aida (9) |
| BRITTEN | What is the surname of the composer of the opera Billy Budd? (7) |
| DONIZETTI | Surname of the composer of the opera Lucia di Lammermoor (9) |
| ROSSINI | Composer of the opera The Barber of Seville (7) |