| PORPORA | Nicola ?, Italian composer of the operas Germanico in Germania and Semiramide riconosciuta (7) |
| STURGEON | The way to encourage Nicola? (8) |
| SACCO | Nicola, Italian-born radical agitator executed for murder in 1927 (5) |
| MEDLAR | Common name for a fruit c Mespilus germanico (6) |
| SALIERI | Antonio ?, Italian composer of the operas Falstaff and Tarare (7) |
| BELLINI | Vincenzo ?, Italian composer of operas Zaira, The Pirate and Norma (7) |
| ROSSINI | Italian composer of the operas William Tell and The Barber of Seville |
| PUCCINI | Italian composer of the operas Tosca and Madame Butterfly (7) |
| LASCALA | It opened in 1778 with Antonio Salieri's 'Europa Riconosciuta' |
| TRAETTA | Tommaso ___, Italian composer of the Neapolitan School who served as music director for Catherine the Great of Russia from 1768 to 1775 |
| TACITUS | Writer of the ethnography "Germania" |
| VIVALDI | Antonio Lucio -; Italian composer of The Four Seasons (7) |
| CORELLI | Italian composer of the Baroque (7) |
| DONIZETTI | Gaetano ?, Italian composer of the operas Belisario and Don Pasquale (9) |
| BUSONI | Ferruccio ?, Italian composer of operas Die Brautwahl and Arlecchino (6) |
| BERIO | Luciano ?, Italian composer of opera Un re in ascolto which premiered in 1984 (5) |
| SARTI | Giuseppe ?, Italian composer of operas Didone abbandonata and Giulio Sabino |
| LEONCAVALLO | Ruggero ?, Italian composer of operas Zaza and Pagliacci (11) |
| RESPIGHI | Ottorino ?, Italian composer of operas Maria Egiziaca and Semirama |
| SPONTINI | Gaspare ?, Italian composer of operas Olimpie and La Vestale |
