| GIOCONDA | La ___, opera by Amilcare Ponchielli first performed in 1876 (8) |
| LAGIOCONDA | Opera by Amilcare Ponchielli first performed in 1876 (2,8) |
| HOFFMANN | The Tales Of ____, opera by Jacques Offenbach that premiered in 1881 (8) |
| LUCRETIA | The Rape Of ___, opera by Benjamin Britten (8) |
| DANCEOFTHEHOURS | Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda |
| DUTCHMAN | "The Flying ___", opera by Wagner (8) |
| DANCE | & 2D Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| OFTHEHOURS | Ballet suite from Act III of 1876 Amilcare Ponchielli opera La Gioconda (5,2,3,5) |
| GYNT | Peer ____, play by Henrik Ibsen first performed in 1876 (4) |
| IBSEN | Author of the play Peer Gynt, first performed in 1876 (5) |
| GRIMES | Peter _, opera by Benjamin Britten first performed in London in 1945 (6) |
| IGOR | Prince ____, opera by romantic composer Alexander Borodin first performed in 1890 (4) |
| ISOLDE | Tristan And ___, opera by Richard Wagner, first performed in 1865 (6) |
| PONCHIELLI | Amilcare, Italian composer of the 1876 opera La Gioconda (10) |
| SCALA | La ____, opera house in Milan that opened in 1778 (5) |
| GAMBLER | The ___, opera by Prokofiev based on a novella by Dostoevsky (7) |
| BUDD | Billy ___, opera by Benjamin Britten based on a novella by Herman Melville (4) |
| OPERA | Piece of Amilcare Ponchielli’s making a comeback? |
| FIGARO | "The Marriage of ___" (opera by today's birthday composer) |
| FIFI | Mademoiselle ___, opera by Cesar Cui based on a Maupassant short story (4) |
