| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ITALIAN | Perennial opera lover. |
| ILTROVATORE | Perennial opera favorite. |
| CAV | "... and Pag," perennial opera bill. |
| STANDEE | Opera lover, perhaps. |
| STANDEE | True opera lover. |
| TOSCA | Cavaradossi's lover, in opera |
| CARMEN | Lover of Escamillo, in opera |
| ORFEO | Lover of Euridice, in Monteverdi's opera |
| ERNANI | Elvira's lover, in a Verdi opera |
| ERIK | Christine's lover, in "Phantom of the Opera" |
| RAOUL | Christine's lover in "Phantom of the Opera" |
| ERIK | Christine's lover in "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| RAOUL | Lover of Christine, in "The Phantom of the Opera" |
| CARMEN | Opera title character who is stabbed by a spurned lover |
