Hope rat gets skinned in musical presentation (5)

I believe the answer is:

opera

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'musical presentation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'hope rat gets' is the wordplay.
'gets' indicates a hidden word.
'OPERA' can be found hidden inside 'hope rat'.

'skinned in' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "Eg, The Magic Flute" , "One with soap perhaps" , "Patience, for example" , "Eg, Il trovatore" , ""The Magic Flute", for example" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.

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