| BERIO | Luciano -, Italian composer of opera Un re in ascolto which premiered in 1984 |
| RENATO | Singer of the aria "Eri Tu" in Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) |
| ERITU | Aria in Verdi's opera Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball): 2 wds. |
| MASKEDBALL | Subject of Verdi opera Un Ballo in Maschera (6,4) |
| PAVAROTTI | Luciano, Italian opera singer who was one of The Three Tenors (9) |
| DINDY | Vincent ___, French composer of the opera Fervaal, which premiered in 1897 (5) |
| ROSSINI | Perot, popular Italian composer of opera (7) |
| DAYSOFOURLIVES | The entire cast of this soap opera, which premiered in 1965, were released from their contracts earlier this month, prompting fears of cancellation |
| ARABELLA | A lyric comedy or opera in three acts by Richard Strauss, which premiered in 1933 (8) |
| BAX | Arnold ?, English composer of symphonic poem Tintagel which premiered in 1921 (3) |
| LABOHEME | Opera by Giacomo Puccini, which premiered in Turin in 1896 (2,6) |
| TRISTAN | Romantic opera by Richard Wagner which premiered in Munich in 1865, ... And Isolde |
| RIGOLETTO | Verdi opera which premiered in Venice in 1851 (9) |
| TOPMAKERS | We’re in the business of spinning work in mobile markets |
| LESDARCY | Boxer in Raffaele Marcellino's opera, which premiered in 2001 at the Ten Days on the Island Festival |
| BLUEDANUBE | The ?, common title of a waltz by Johann Strauss the Younger, Op 314, which premiered in 1867 |
| CIRCLE | The Caucasian Chalk _, Bertolt Brecht play which premiered in Minnesota in 1948 (6) |
| IVANHOE | Romantic opera by Arthur Sullivan and Julian Sturgis which premiered in 1891 (7) |
| NOIMPORTANCE | A Woman of___ : Oscar Wilde play which premiered in 1893 (2,10) |
| ALMIRE | Handel's first opera, which premiered in 1705 (6) |
