| OPERAHOUSE | La Scala, Milan for example |
| ITALIAN | From Rome or Milan, for example (7) |
| ALLA | Teatro ___ Scala aka La Scala (Milan opera house) |
| GIGLI | Surname of the great Italian tenor, who first appeared under Toscanini at La Scala, Milan, in 1918 (5) |
| ARTUROTOSCANINI | Italian conductor who was musical director of La Scala, Milan, and of the NBC symphony Orchestra in New York |
| MECCAS | New Orleans for jazz and Milan for fashion, e.g. |
| TEATRO | -- alla Scala (Milan opera house) |
| ARMANI | Giorgio ___, Italian fashion designer who studied medicine at the University of Milan for three years |
| OTELLO | Giuseppe Verdi's penultimate opera, first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, in 1887 |
| OPERAVENUE | La Scala, for one |
| MILANITALY | Where La Scala is |
| BRYNTERFEL | Welsh opera singer who made his La Scala debut in 1997 (4,6) |
| OPERA | Type of drama set to music at the Palais Garnier in Paris, La Scala in Milan or the Bolshoi in Moscow, for example (5) |
| OPERAGOER | One who frequents, say, La Scala in Milan (5,4) |
| NORMA | Opera in two acts by Vincenzo Bellini, first performed at La Scala in Milan on Boxing Day 1831 (5) |
| LOMBARDY | Containing Lake Como, region of northern Italy between the Alps and the Po, site of La Scala opera house in its capital Milan (8) |
| TOSCANINI | Arturo ---, Italian conductor; a music director of La Scala in Milan and the New York Philharmonic (9) |
| OPERATIC | Suitable for La Scala |
| BIS | La Scala shout calling for an encore |
| OTTO | Preminger doubled quartet for La Scala? (4) |
