| OTELLO | Giuseppe Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, in 1887 |
| MILAN | Italian city home to the Teatro alla Scala |
| GIGLI | Surname of the great Italian tenor, who first appeared under Toscanini at La Scala, Milan, in 1918 (5) |
| TOSCA | Operatic premiere at the Teatro Costanzi in 1900 |
| AIDA | Verdi opera first performed at the Khedivial Opera House in Cairo in 1871 |
| FIDELIO | Ludwig van Beethoven's only opera, first performed at Vienna's Theater an der Wien in 1805 (7) |
| TEATRO | -- alla Scala (Milan opera house) |
| ELIJAH | Oratorio first performed at the Birmingham Festival, in 1846 (6) |
| CROWNIMPERIAL | March by William Walton first performed at the coronation of King George VI in 1937 (5,8) |
| THREESISTERS | Anton Chekhov play first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901 |
| SWANLAKE | Tchaikovsky's famous ballet first performed at the Bolshoi Theatre in 1877 (4,4) |
| NORMA | Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, first performed at La Scala in Milan on Boxing Day 1831 (5) |
| ROLAND | Lully opera first performed at Versailles in 1685 (6) |
| SADLERSWELLS | A London theatre closely associated with the clown Joseph Grimaldi, where he first performed at the age of two |
| MILANO | Teatro Alla Scala site |
| OPERA | Teatro alla Scala performance |
| ARIA | Teatro alla Scala highlight |
| ARIAS | Teatro alla Scala solos |
| GRIMES | Peter ---, opera by Benjamin Britten first performed at Sadler's Wells in London in 1945 (6) |
| PETERGRIMES | Opera by Benjamin Britten first performed at Sadler's Wells in London in 1945 (5,6) |
