| MESSIAH | Which of Handel's oratorios was first performed in Dublin in 1742? (7) |
| RUSALKA | Three-act Dvorak opera that was first performed in Prague in 1901 (7) |
| BRADLEY | Scientist known for his discovery of the aberration of light and for observing the oscillation of Earth's axis (nutation), who succeeded Edmond Halley as Astronomer Royal in 1742 (7) |
| NURSERY | The --- Suite by Edward Elgar was first performed in 1931 (7) |
| LAMBERT | Pretender to the throne of England crowned in Dublin in May, 1487 as Edward VI (7,6) |
| OTHELLO | It was first performed at Whitehall Palace in 1604 |
| WALPOLE | British statesman regarded as the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, from 1721-1742 (7) |
| DRESDEN | Where Wagner's "Tannhauser" was first performed |
| SOPRANO | Singer very quietly controlled first of oratorios (7) |
| SCHEELE | Carl Wilhelm (1742-86), Swedish chemist who discovered oxygen ("tire air") in the 1770s (7) |
| STAINER | Painter and composer of oratorios (7) |
| ANDREWS | 1742 novel by Henry Fielding (6,7) |
| HAIR | Counter-cultural rock musical which was first performed in 1967 (4) |
| AMERICANIN | George Gershwin's An ... Paris was first performed in December, 1928; Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron danced in the film (8,2) |
| FLOTOW | Friedrich von ..., German composer whose opera Martha was first performed in 1847 (6) |
| GUILLAUMETELL | Gioacchino Rossini opera that was first performed in 1829 (9,4) |
| SPRING | 1891 stage play by Frank Wedekind that was first performed in 1906 (6,9) |
| TRIALBYJURY | One-act Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera that was first performed in 1875 (5,2,4) |
| DIDOANDAENEAS | Purcell opera that was first performed in 1689 (4,3,6) |
| MEDEA | Tragedy that was first performed in 431 B.C. |
