| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| GLINKA | "A Life for the Tsar" composer |
| IVAN | "A Life for the Tsar" hero Susanin |
| GLINKA | "A Life for the Czar" composer |
| KERN | "Life Upon the Wicked Stage" composer |
| SALIERI | Real-life opera composer who's a title character in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera |
| TOOHOTTOHANDEL | Like the dog days of summer, for a composer? |
| SKLAR | Broadway composer Matthew who was nominated for a Tony for "The Wedding Singer" |
| MENOTTI | Italian-American composer who won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Saint of Bleecker Street" |
