| GEDDA | Nicolai ___, Swedish operatic tenor whose Covent Garden debut was in 1954 (5) |
| MELBA | She made her Covent Garden debut in 1888 |
| LESTER | ____ Piggott, jockey whose first Derby-winning ride was in 1954 (6) |
| VIOLA | Instrument in sextet and a fairly late trio of Nicolai |
| FRENI | Mirella ___, Italian soprano who was married for many years to the Bulgarian bass Nicolai Ghiaurov |
| SUTIL | Adrian -, German motor racing driver whose F1 debut was in the 2007 Australian GP (5) |
| BURTI | Luciano ___, driver whose F1 debut was in the 2000 Austrian GP (5) |
| JONNY | and 13dn, Worcester Warriors rugby union scrum-half whose first-team debut was in 2007 (5,3) |
| NIGEL | British violinist whose London debut was in 1977 (5,7) |
| THORN | Brad ..... , rugby union lock whose New Zealand Test debut was in 2003 against Wales (5) |
| HODGE | Steve ...... Aston Villa midfielder whose 1986 England debut was in a friendly against USSR (5) |
| ROSIE | Perez whose film debut was in "Do the Right Thing" |
| PEREZ | Rosie whose film debut was in Do the Right Thing |
| CARUSO | Famous Italian operatic tenor whose career spanned 25 years (6) |
| JENNYLIND | 19th- century Swedish operatic soprano known as 'the Swedish nightingale' (5,4) |
| ANDREA | ____ Bocelli, Italian tenor whose first compilation album Romanza was released in 1997 (6) |
| ANDREABOCELLI | Italian tenor whose 2009 holiday album "My Christmas" was certified double platinum: 2 wds. |
| PAVAROTTI | Tenor whose recording of Nessun Dorma was the TV signature tune for the 1990 World Cup |
| BOCELLI | Italian tenor whose first album was 1994's Il Mare Calmo Della Sera (6,7)' |
| COMETO | _My Garden debut studio album by US singer-songwriter Minnie Riperton (4,2) |
