ACROSS
9 Fugue, elaborated, or omitted from correct aria, possibly (9)
10 Boxes for Japanese in Royal Opera’s scheme, initially (5)
11 Choral piece encountered, involving Old Testament (5)
12 Occasionally semitones misrepresented, with mark for notes (9)
13 Humperdinck too excited about last of lieder being through-composed (15)
16 Opera from Havana, say, rejected by company (7)
18 Composer less curtailed about skill (7)
19 Musical that’s genuine and nugatory, surprisingly (5,3,4,3)
22 Character in Kiss Me Kate, heroic and put out (9)
23 Genuine introduction to music’s sphere of influence (5)
25 Ear taking in one Italian, initially – Cherubini? (5)
26 Performance’s ending with the historic overture? That’s a surprise (3-6)
DOWN
1 Demure pop star dismissing male superstar (5,5)
2 Note omitted in minimal jazz singing (4)
3 British prodigy only offering 75% of note (6)
4 Conductor dismissing Rossini’s overture, very much in grand style (8)
5 Greek character in conflict with piano producing preparatory work (4-2)
6 Audience member seeing stage without piano aboard ship (8)
7 Proposition avoiding second group of operas playing first (10)
8 Heartless ambitious pianists? They’re venomous (4)
14 Pianist to be insistent over piano? No way (10)
15 Tuner more upset about one French composer (10)
17 Angelic little guy in Massenet opera (8)
18 Lots of East Europeans shunning new dance venues? (8)
20 Observe upset involving half of chorus’ vocal effects (6)
21 Dessay’s one to suppress tear, being not ready (6)
22 Exotic exclamation after piano from Chopin, say (4)
24 Article looking in two ways at Giovanni’s conquest (4)
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