ACROSS
9 Pianist arrives to take gold (5)
10 Guy I have following Elgar’s variation for instructional purposes (9)
11 Operatic location featuring in this evil legend (7)
12 Flowing garments around enthusiasts taking in end of ballet (7)
13 Was unnecessarily critical: what’s the fool chosen? (9)
14 Key material’s spare, with energy primarily (5)
15 What might be represented as total Callas area! (6,4,5)
19 Mother taking us in operatic cafe (5)
20 Composer’s confused his barman (9)
23 List of things, hard, associated with fashionable violinist (7)
24 Relaxes after playing tuba, say, formerly with hard drinks (7)
25 Various chances to incorporate feasible ground basses? (9)
26 Shostakovich includes one cacophony (5)
DOWN
1 Means test mostly upset French composer (8)
2 Jazz fan circulating wild party finally removed tie (6)
3 Head of jury 5 with roll out from US academy (9,6)
4 Not half rash, capturing live old stringed instrument (6)
5 Music not initially laid out – that gets you seriously upset (8)
6 Fan’s hype for hymn re-expressed in orchestral piece (7,8)
7 Composer spinning a mosaic around second of arias (8)
8 I am surprised about Irish river being connected with the Beatles (6)
16 Operatic song about soldiers, note, from Khachaturian? (8)
17 Composer – name found in old England and Italy (8)
18 Part of Requiem – one that is sung, rising around D (5,3)
19 Copies operatic heroine – contralto? Soprano (6)
21 Not favouring a section of hymn (6)
22 Impressed, turning face up after one note (6)
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