Love, I managed, if in a roundabout way, to see an opera (7)
I believe the answer is:
fidelio
'opera' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'love i managed if in a roundabout way to see an' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'love' could be 'o' (love means zero in tennis) and 'o' is located in the answer.
'i' is within the answer.
'way' could be 'e' (Compass direction - East) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'an' could be 'i' (Roman numeral for one) and 'i' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fidelio that I've seen before include "Beethoven opera; I.e. if old (anag.)" , "Beethoven's only opera" , "18 OPERA]" , "Noted performance" , "Noted work" .)