| OPERABUFFA | 18c Italian comic opera such as Pergolesi's La Serva padrona (5,5) |
| PERGOLESI | Sixteenth century Italian composer of La serva padrona |
| CASANOVA | 18c Italian adventurer whose autobiography remained unpublished in full until 1960 (8) |
| VERDI | see 14dn, Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida |
| GIUSEPPEVERDI | Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida (8,5) |
| GIUSEPPE | and 32dn, Italian composer of operas such as Rigoletto, La Traviata and Aida |
| HELDENTENOR | Singer capable of 'heavy' dramatic roles in opera, such as those in Wagner (11) |
| CHATTERTON | Thomas, 18c poet whose works purported to be by 15c monk Thomas Rowley (10) |
| BELLINI | Italian composer of operas such as Norma (1831) |
| GIOACCHINOROSSINI | Italian composer, especially of operas, such as The Barber of Seville and William Tell |
| SINGSPIEL | Form of German light opera, such as Mozart's The Magic Flute (1791), which combines songs with spoken dialogue (9) |
| CYCLE | Sequence of songs or operas such as Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen (5) |
| MEYERBEER | Giacomo ___, German composer of operas such as Robert le diable and Les Huguenots |
| BUFFA | Opera ---, Italian comic musical drama |
| ACCLIMATISATION | Italian comic sat fidgeting making adjustment (15) |
| ALLAN | David, 18c portrait painter known as the 'Scottish Hogarth' (5) |
| MANON | And 12 Ac. Four-act opera by Puccini set in 18c France (5,7) |
| LESCAUT | Four-act opera by Puccini set in 18c France (5,7) |
| LYTTELTON | George, 18c politician caricatured by Smollett as Scragg in The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (9) |
| SALLYLUNN | Sponge tea-cake, a speciality of Bath in the 18c (5,4) |
