| MEYERBEER | German-born composer whose five-act opera Les Huguenots was first performed in 1836 (9) |
| GOSSEC | Francois-Joseph, composer of the 1766 one-act opera Les pecheurs (6) |
| MANON | Five-act opera by Jules Massenet first produced in 1884 (5) |
| ORFEO | Five-act opera by Monteverdi, composed in 1607 (5) |
| BERLIOZ | Hector, composer of the opera Les Troyens (7) |
| OFFENBACH | German-born composer frequently heard another composer |
| DAVECLARK | Drummer whose 'Five' topped the UK singles charts in January 1964 with Glad All Over |
| PREMIERED | Was first performed when empire changed colour (9) |
| FLOTOW | Friedrich von ..., German composer whose opera Martha was first performed in 1847 (6) |
| RUSALKA | Three-act Dvorak opera that was first performed in Prague in 1901 (7) |
| GUILLAUMETELL | Gioacchino Rossini opera that was first performed in 1829 (9,4) |
| TRIALBYJURY | One-act Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera that was first performed in 1875 (5,2,4) |
| MESSIAH | Oratorio by Handel that was first performed in Dublin in 1742 (7) |
| SPRING | 1891 stage play by Frank Wedekind that was first performed in 1906 (6,9) |
| DIDOANDAENEAS | Purcell opera that was first performed in 1689 (4,3,6) |
| HANDEL | Which German-born composer was buried in Westminster Abbey's Poets' Corner in 1759? (6) |
| AMERICANIN | George Gershwin's An ... Paris was first performed in December, 1928; Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron danced in the film (8,2) |
| HAIR | Counter-cultural rock musical which was first performed in 1967 (4) |
| LIGETI | Gyorgy ____, Hungarian-born composer whose music was used in 2001: A Space Odyssey |
| MEDEA | Tragedy that was first performed in 431 B.C. |
