| AGAMI | S. American trumpeter finishes off salsa, playing aria from Ernani |
| ARIA | Verdi's "Ernani! Ernani, involami," e.g. |
| GILLESPIE | American trumpeter Dizzy who collaborated with the Canadian music legend Oscar Gillespie |
| HERB | ___ Alpert, American trumpeter and band-leader (4) |
| ARMSTRONG | Louis _, 20th-century American trumpeter and vocalist nicknamed Satchmo (9) |
| ISOLDE | Operatic figure seen in Verdi's old Ernani (6) |
| TOSCALE | Opera, overtures to Lohengrin and Ernani seen in proportion |
| BYEBYE | See you, more than once, during overture to Ernani (3-3) |
| GAY | "Glitter and Be ___" (aria from Leonard Bernstein's "Candide") |
| PIEJESU | Much-performed aria from Faure's "Requiem" |
| NESSUNDORMA | Aria from Puccini's "Turandot" (6,5) |
| ERITU | Classic aria from Verdi's "Un Ballo in Maschera" |
| OMIO | Aria from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (1,3,7,4) |
| BABBINO | Aria from Puccini's Gianni Schicchi (1,3,7,4) |
| LAMENT | Aria from Purcell's retelling of the story of Aeneas (5,6) |
| DIDOS | Aria from Purcell's retelling of the story of Aeneas (5,6) |
| DORMA | Aria from Puccini's Turandot (6,5) |
| NESSUN | Aria from Puccini's Turandot (6,5) |
| SEMPRE | Aria from Verdi's La Traviata (6,6) |
| LIBERA | Aria from Verdi's La Traviata (6,6) |
