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 Independent, The Telegraph, the Evening Standard, the Newsday, The Star Tribune, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Mirror, The Sun, the Penny Press, The Guardian, The Sunday Times and the King Feature Syndicate.

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