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Music drama Ted worked on (5)

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opera

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'music drama' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "La Traviata or Tosca, say" , "Staged event" , "Billy Budd, for instance" , "Music and drama production" , "Eg, The Magic Flute" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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