Production of Verdi opera ultimately given new character (6)
I believe the answer is:
varied
'given new character' is the definition.
'production of verdi opera ultimately' is the wordplay.
'production of' indicates an anagram.
'ultimately' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'opera' is 'a'.
'verdi'+'a'='verdia'
'verdia' is an anagram of 'VARIED'.
(Other definitions for varied that I've seen before include ".Made or became different" , "Of different kinds" , "Changed" , "(Of selection) showing a number of types" , "Widely different" .)