| OPERABUFFA | Italian comic opera such as La serva padrona by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (5,5) |
| PERGOLESI | Sixteenth century Italian composer of La serva padrona |
| PULCINELLA | Ballet with song in one act by Stravinsky, adapted from works by Pergolesi and others (10) |
| 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) |
| BELLINI | Italian composer of operas such as Norma (1831) (7) |
| GIOACCHINOROSSINI | Italian composer, especially of operas, such as The Barber of Seville and William Tell (10,7) |
| 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 |
| OPERETTAS | Compositions such as La Belle Helene, Die Fledermaus and The Merry Widow (9) |
| BUFFA | Opera ---, Italian comic musical drama |
| FIAT | Italian motor manufacturing firm founded by Giovanni Agnelli (4) |
| VENICE | Italian "City of Canals" depicted in paintings by Giovanni Antonio Canal, or Canaletto (6) |
| CAVALLERIARUSTICANA | Mascagni opera from a story by Giovanni Verga (10,9) |
| MATISSE | Noted for use of colour in works such as La Danse and his series of cut-outs, a French artist who was a member of the Fauves (wild beasts) (7) |
| AREA | Operatic song such as La donna e mobile |
| ARIA | Solo such as "La donna e mobile" |
