| 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) |
| GLASS | Philip, composer of the operas Akhnaten and Satyagraha (5) |
| BIZET | Georges ___, French composer of the operas Carmen and Djamileh (5) |
| VERDI | Giuseppe -, composer of the operas Rigoletto and La Traviata (5) |
| WEBER | German composer of the 1821 opera Der Freischutz (5) |
| GLUCK | German composer of the 1762 opera Orfeo ed Euridice (5) |
| WEILL | German composer of The Threepenny Opera |
| RICHARDWAGNER | German composer of the operas "The Flying Dutchman" and "Siegfried": 2 wds. |
| MACONCHY | Elizabeth, composer of the operas The Sofa and The Departure (8) |
| ROSSINI | Gioacchino ___, composer of the operas Otello and The Barber of Seville (7) |
| 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) |
| EPONYMS | Opens my translation with Hamlet and Faust for example |
| 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) |
| PHILIPGLASS | Composer of the operas Akhnaten and Satyagraha (6,5) |
| GIUSEPPEVERDI | Italian Romantic composer of the operas La Traviata and Aida (8,5) |
| JOHNADAMS | Composer of the operas A Flowering Tree and Nixon in China (4.5) |
