| LEONCAVALLO | Ruggero -, Italian composer of operas Zaza and Pagliacci (11) |
| RUGGIERO | Italian composer of operas including 1892's I Pagliacci (8,11) |
| GIUSEPPE | and 32dn, Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida |
| RIDI | "___, Pagliaccio, e ognun applaudira!" (Bit of Ruggero Leoncavallo's opera of 1892 'Pagliacci') |
| BUSONI | Ferruccio ___, Italian composer of operas Die Brautwahl and Arlecchino (6) |
| BELLINI | Vincenzo ___, Italian composer of operas Zaira, The Pirate and Norma (7) |
| SALIERI | Antonio ?, Italian composer of operas Falstaff and Tarare (7) |
| GIORDANO | Umberto -, Italian composer of operas Andrea Chenier and Fedora (8) |
| RESPIGHI | Ottorino -, Italian composer of operas Maria Egiziaca and Semirama (8) |
| SPONTINI | Gaspare ?, Italian composer of operas Olimpie and La Vestale |
| VERDI | see 14dn, Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida |
| SARTI | Giuseppe ?, Italian composer of operas Didone abbandonata and Giulio Sabino |
| ROSSINI | Gioachino ___, Italian composer of operas including The Barber of Seville (1816) (7) |
| GIUSEPPEVERDI | Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida (8,5) |
| VERISMO | Opera genre for "Tosca" and "Pagliacci" |
| PAGLIACCI | Italian opera with music and libretto by Ruggero Leoncavallo, first performed in 1892 (9) |
| NEDDA | Canio's wife in 1892 Ruggero Leoncavallo opera Pagliacci |
| OPERAS | "Otello" and "Pagliacci" |
| BERIO | Luciano ?, Italian composer of opera Un re in ascolto which premiered in 1984 |
| IPAGLIACCI | Short opera by Ruggero Leoncavallo first performed in Milan in 1892 |
