Across
- 4. The number of Verdi operas based on Shakespeare plays (5)
- 5. Leading female singer (5,5)
- 8. Verdi opera about the King of Babylon (7)
- 9. Italian river where the last act of 'Rigoletto' is set (6)
- 11. The opera adapted by Elton John and Tim Rice into a Broadway musical (4)
- 12. Italian city with the world’s longest-operating opera house (6)
- 14. The effect of quickly flipping between two separate notes (5)
- 15. Dvořák opera about a mermaid (7)
- 16. Musical passage at the end of a piece designed to show a singer’s virtuosity (7)
- 17. Operatic soprano related to Whitney Houston and Dionne Warwick (8,5)
- 18. Opera containing the 'Here Comes the Bride' Bridal Chorus (9)
- 19. The opera which played a Broadway season in 2003 (2,6)
- 20. The number of operas composed by Vincenzo Bellini (3)
Down
- 1. Italian writer of the play Puccini based 'Turandot' upon (5,5)
- 2. The country where opera was born (5)
- 3. The Italian term for a comic opera (5,5)
- 6. Composer of 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning opera 'The Central Park Five' (7,5)
- 7. John Steinbeck novel adapted into an opera in 1969 (2,4,3,3)
- 10. The first opera written in English (3,5,2,6)
- 13. The first opera by Philip Glass (8,2,3,5)