Musical drama (5)

I believe the answer is:

opera

'musical drama' is the definition.
(an opera is a drama performed in music)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for opera that I've seen before include "Lohengrin, say" , "Patience, for example" , "One with soap perhaps" , "Stage entertainment" , "Drama or comedy set to music" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Newsday, The Star Tribune, The Telegraph, the Penny Press, The Independent, The Sunday Times, The Guardian, The Sun and the Evening Standard.

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