A rope trick staged (5)
I believe the answer is:
opera
'a rope trick staged' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'a rope trick' is the wordplay.
'trick' indicates anagramming the letters (a tricky version of the letters).
'a'+'rope'='arope'
'arope' is an anagram of 'OPERA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "Don Giovanni, for instance" , "Musical play" , "musical presentation" , "Throw a rope for this show" , "The Magic Flute, say" .)