Beethoven wrote just one

The answer

OPERA

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the OPERA answer page.

Used 8 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for OPERA

Every other clue in this collection answered by OPERA, most used first.

• Musical drama - used 124 times, most recently in 2026
• Met offering - used 50 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Phantom of the ___" - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
• La Scala offering - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• Verdi work - used 43 times, most recently in 2026
• La Scala production - used 39 times, most recently in 2024
• Puccini work - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Sung drama - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Wagner work - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
• Met production - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• "Carmen," for one - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Met performance - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• "The Barber of Seville," e.g. - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Drama set to music - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• Sung story - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Bizet work - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Mozart work - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Verdi creation - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Where to hear an aria - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Grammy category - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• La Scala performance - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• "Carmen," e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Met work - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Puccini genre - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• "The Magic Flute," e.g. - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• "The Magic Flute," for one - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
• Puccini production - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• Covent Garden offering - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Drama with singers - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Gig for a soprano - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Met show - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Performance with arias - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Soap ___ - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Works - used 12 times, most recently in 2019
• Beethoven wrote one - used 11 times, most recently in 2009
• Horse __ (western) - used 11 times, most recently in 2006
• "La Boheme," e.g. - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Musical melodrama - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fidelio," for one - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• It may be light or grand - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Performance at the Met - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Phantom's haunt - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Puccini piece - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Verdi forte - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
• Wagnerian work - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
• What the fat lady sings - used 10 times, most recently in 2012
• "A Night at the ___" (Marx Brothers film) - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• "Aida," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• "Don Giovanni," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2009
• Lincoln Center attraction - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Lincoln Center offering - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
• Musical work with sopranos - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
• "Nixon in China," e.g. - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• "Nixon in China," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
• "Porgy and Bess," for one - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Price performance - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Sydney ___ House - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• "Aida" or "Tosca" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Carmen" or "Tosca" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• "Fidelio" is one - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Juilliard major - used 8 times, most recently in 2007
• La Scala show - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Lincoln Center production - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Where the fat lady sings - used 8 times, most recently in 2022
• Grand ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 1996
• "La Traviata," e.g. - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Mozart genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• "Norma," for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2006
• Phantom's hangout - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• "Rigoletto," for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Rossini work - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• "Tosca," for one - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Verdi genre - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Work with a libretto - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Beethoven wrote only one - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• "Carmen" or "Aida" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• "Carmen" or "Elektra" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• "Carmen" or "Norma" - used 6 times, most recently in 2015
• Classic production - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Domingo's domain - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Drama with music - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "Falstaff," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Glass work - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• "Louise" or "Norma" - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• "Lulu" or "Norma" - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Massenet work - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Passion of a noted phantom - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Soap or horse follower - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• "The Marriage of Figaro," for one - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Type of house or glasses - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Verdi's forte - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Wagner specialty - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Word with horse or soap - used 6 times, most recently in 2017
• Word with "soap" or "grand" - used 6 times, most recently in 2013

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Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

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• Be of one mind - AGREE, used 68 times
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