| GIUSEPPEVERDI | Italian composer of the operas "Aida" and "Rigoletto": 2 wds. |
| VERDI | Who composed the operas Aida and Rigoletto? (5) |
| ROSSINI | Italian composer of the operas William Tell and The Barber of Seville |
| DONIZETTI | Gaetano ?, Italian composer of the operas Belisario and Don Pasquale (9) |
| SALIERI | Antonio ?, Italian composer of the operas Falstaff and Tarare (7) |
| PORPORA | Nicola ___, Italian composer of the operas Germanico in Germania and Semiramide riconosciuta (7) |
| PUCCINI | Italian composer of the operas Tosca and Madame Butterfly (7) |
| CAIRO | Where the opera Aida premiered in 1871 |
| RICHARDWAGNER | German composer of the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Siegfried": 2 wds. |
| GIACOMOPUCCINI | Italian composer of the opera about Cio-Cio-San and her doomed love for Lieutenant Pinkerton: 2 wds. |
| MACONCHY | Elizabeth, composer of the operas The Sofa and The Departure (8) |
| BIRTWISTLE | Harrison, composer of the operas The Second Mrs Kong and Punch and Judy (10) |
| DAVIES | Peter Maxwell, British composer of the operas Taverner and The Doctor Of Myddfai (6) |
| TRAETTA | Tommaso ___, Italian composer of the Neapolitan School who served as music director for Catherine the Great of Russia from 1768 to 1775 |
| RESPIGHI | Italian composer of 'The Fountains of Rome' (8) |
| GLINKA | Mikhail ?, Russian composer of the operas A Life for the Tsar and Ruslan and Lyudmila (6) |
| ANTHEIL | George, pianist and composer of the operas Helen Retires and Volpone (7) |
| CARLNIELSEN | Composer of the operas Saul and David and Maskarade (4,7) |
| OPERAS | "Aida" and "The Magic Flute" |
| BERIO | Luciano, Italian composer of the 1960 work Circles (5) |
