The Clue
Light or horse (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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Aria area
Donizetti work
"Fidelio," e.g.
Gluck product
Gluck work
Grand or light
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"Lakme," e.g.
"Lulu" or "Lakme"
"Martha" or "Louise"
Massenet's forte
Met fare
Met production
"Pagliacci," e.g.
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Phantom's haunt
Theater offering
Threepenny entertainment?
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Type of hat
"The Barber of Seville," e.g.
"Il Trovatore," e.g.
It's sometimes grand
Kind of hat or house
La Scala offering
La Scala production
Lincoln Center attraction
Paris landmark, with "L'"
Record store section
Soap or horse chaser
Strauss's "Die Fledermaus," for one
Word with hat or house
Copland's "The Tender Land," e.g.
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Setting for a Marx Bros. film
What the fat lady sings?
Where the Marxes spent a night
"Bluebeard's Castle," e.g.
"Dido and Aeneas," for an early English example
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