The Clue
"Lakmé," e.g. (5 letter answer)
The Answer
OPERA
Tags
Notes
The answer OPERA is very common and appears about once every 46 puzzles.
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Works
"Carmen" or "Norma"
Donizetti specialty
"Ernani," e.g.
Gluck work
Grand or light
Locale for lorgnettes
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"Lulu," e.g.
"Lulu" or "Wozzeck"
Mascagni product
Met offering
Met production
Musical works
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"Norma," e.g.
"Peter Grimes," for one
Puccini's forte
"Rienzi" or "Jenufa"
Sill's milieu
Verdi work
The works, to Cato
"Wozzeck," e.g.
"The Barber of Seville," e.g.
Covent Garden performance
"Die Fledermaus," e.g.
Grand or light work
Kind of hat or house
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La Scala production
Lincoln Center offering
Lincoln Center production
Paris cultural center
Soap or horse follower
"Anna Bolena" or "Anna Nicole"
Teatro San Carlo offering
Where you might take a lorgnette
Definition
OPERA as a noun:
1. a drama set to music; consists of singing with orchestral accompaniment and an orchestral overture and interludes
2. a commercial browser
3. (opera, opera house) = a building where musical dramas are performed