Aria and curtain call save failing opera (10,9)
I believe the answer is:
cavalleria rusticana
'aria and curtain call save failing opera' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'aria and curtain call save failing' is the wordplay.
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'failing' indicates anagramming the letters (a failed spelling of the word).
'curtain'+'call'+'save'='curtaincallsave'
'aria' put after 'curtaincallsave' is 'curtaincallsavearia'.
'curtaincallsavearia' is an anagram of 'CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for cavalleria rusticana that I've seen is " Mascagni opera with famous Intermezzo and Easter Hymn".)