| OEDIPUSREX | Stravinsky'opera-oratorio' based on a play by Sophocles (7,3) |
| DREAM | The - of Gerontius ; Sir Edward Elgar's oratorio based on a poem by John Henry Newman (5) |
| ELIJAH | Mendelssohn oratorio based on an Old Testament prophet |
| THECREATION | Haydn's oratorio based on the book of Genesis |
| AJAX | A play by Sophocles - or a football club in Amsterdam (4) |
| AGNESOFGOD | 1985 film with Jane Fonda based on a play by John Pielmeier (5,2,3) |
| ELECTRA | Pick the artist for a play by Sophocles (7) |
| ANTIGONE | The daughter of Oedipus - and subject of a play by Sophocles (8) |
| GREEKTRAGEDY | Play by Sophocles, for example (5,7) |
| ANTI | Play by Sophocles is gone after this critic... |
| EPIGONI | Play by Sophocles about the sons of the Seven against Thebes in Greek legend |
| OVERTURE | Orchestral piece as a prelude to an opera, oratorio or play (8) |
| ILTROVATORE | Opera by Giuseppe Verdi based on a play by Antonio Garcia Gutierrez (2,9) |
| TOSCA | Opera by Puccini based on a play by Victorien Sardou |
| ERNANI | 1844 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on a play by Victor Hugo |
| RIGOLETTO | 1851 opera by Giuseppe Verdi, based on a play by Victor Hugo (9) |
| THEFIREBIRD | 1910 Stravinsky opera choreographed by Michael Fokine (3,8) |
| THERAKE | Tom’s nickname which starts a Stravinsky opera title |
| LECID | Opera by Jules Massenet based on a play by Pierre Corneille, first performed in 1885 (2,3) |
| SCENE | see 15ac, 1946 Kurt Weill opera based on a play by Elmer Rice |
