| MADAMEBUTTERFLY | Opera featuring Frenchwoman and monarch? (6,9) |
| STAMMERED | Gazed, taking in Frenchwoman and struggled to speak (9) |
| IMMESH | Tangle is involving Frenchwoman and Henry (6) |
| BARBEROFSEVILLE | The ---, opera featuring the character Figaro |
| GOVERNORGENERAL | First to get finished before Ron returned with officer and monarch's representative (8,7) |
| THEMIKADO | Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera featuring the characters Pooh-Bah and Ko-Ko (3,6) |
| THEGONDOLIERS | Gilbert and Sullivan opera featuring Venetians Marco and Giuseppe Palmieri (3,10) |
| AIDA | Opera featuring an Ethiopian princess and Egyptian king (8) |
| COSIFANTUTTE | 1790 opera featuring the characters Ferrando and Guglielmo (4,3,5) |
| TURANDOT | Puccini opera featuring the characters Liu and Calaf (8) |
| TEARJERKER | Melodrama featuring drink, right unpleasant person and monarch (10) |
| COUNTERPOISE | Nobleman and monarch with self-possession and balance (12) |
| LAKME | Delibes opera featuring "The Bell Song" |
| OTELLO | Opera featuring the 'Willow Song' |
| FIDELIO | Opera featuring a "grave-digging duet" |
| SARACEN | "The ...", Cesar Cui opera featuring the character Yaqoub (7) |
| TOPE | Light opera featuring "Drink! Drink! Drink!" |
| IPAGLIACCI | Leoncavallo opera featuring the character Canio (1,9) |
| LABOHEME | 1896 opera featuring the poet Rodolfo (2,6) |
| TOSCA | Puccini opera featuring police chief Scarpia (5) |
