| Opera villain, often | 20 |
| Opera vantage point | 19 |
| Opera unit | 10 |
| Opera tune | 10 |
| Opera trimmed at both ends by erstwhile actor (9) | 49 |
| Opera trailer | 13 |
| Opera title character who shoots himself | 40 |
| Opera title character who is stabbed by a spurned lover | 55 |
| Opera title character who hurls herself from a parapet | 54 |
| Opera title character who gets dragged into hell | 48 |
| Opera title character who eats a poison leaf | 44 |
| Opera title character who drowns | 32 |
| Opera title character who dies in a conflagration | 49 |
| Opera title boy | 15 |
| Opera that the musical "Rent" was adapted from | 56 |
| Opera that premiered on Christmas Eve of 1871 | 45 |
| Opera that premiered in Cairo in 1871 | 37 |
| Opera that premiered in Cairo | 29 |
| Opera that opens on Christmas Eve | 33 |
| Opera that opens in Memphis | 27 |
| Opera that Leonard Bernstein began while on his honeymoon | 57 |
| Opera that inspired the T-shirt slogan | 38 |
| Opera that includes the "Prisoners' Chorus" | 57 |
| Opera that ends in the Temple of Vulcan | 39 |
| Opera that ends at the Temple of Vulcan | 39 |
| Opera that debuted in Cairo in 1871 | 35 |
| Opera that debuted in Cairo | 27 |
| Opera that debuted in 1900 | 26 |
| Opera that climaxes with a firing squad | 39 |
| Opera texts | 11 |
| Opera text | 10 |
| Opera tenor who attempts to rescue his lover from Hades | 55 |
| Opera synopsis heading | 22 |
| Opera superstar | 15 |
| Opera supe's prop | 21 |
| Opera subtitled "Wedded Love" | 39 |
| Opera subdivisions | 18 |
| Opera starter? | 14 |
| Opera stars | 11 |
| Opera star's asset | 22 |
| Opera star Tetrazzini | 21 |
| Opera star Stratas | 18 |
| Opera star Simon | 16 |
| Opera star Reri ___ | 19 |
| Opera star Pinza | 16 |
| Opera star Nellie | 17 |
| Opera star Marilyn | 18 |
| Opera star Lucine | 17 |
| Opera star Lily | 15 |
| Opera star Leontyne | 19 |
| Opera star Frances ___: 1883–1952 | 40 |
| Opera star Eames | 16 |
| Opera star Cecilia | 18 |
| Opera star Bartoli | 18 |
| Opera star Anna | 15 |
| Opera star Alda | 15 |
| Opera star Adelina | 18 |
| Opera star | 10 |
| Opera staple | 12 |
| Opera songs | 11 |
| Opera song, or a Vegas Strip hotel | 34 |
| Opera song sung while in the spotlight | 38 |
| Opera song | 10 |
| Opera solos | 11 |
| Opera solo piece | 16 |
| Opera solo | 10 |
| Opera singers' concerns | 27 |
| Opera singer ___ Te Kanawa | 26 |
| Opera singer ___ Callas | 23 |
| Opera singer with nine Grammys, to a double-crosser | 51 |
| Opera singer who played Nellie on "Downton Abbey" | 59 |
| Opera singer Tetrazzini | 23 |
| Opera singer Terfel | 19 |
| Opera singer supreme | 20 |
| Opera singer Simon ___ | 22 |
| Opera singer Simon | 18 |
| Opera singer Roswaenge | 22 |
| Opera singer Renata | 19 |
| Opera singer Raffanti | 21 |
| Opera singer Pinza | 18 |
| Opera singer nicknamed "La Divina" | 44 |
| Opera singer Mitchell of "Porgy and Bess" | 51 |
| Opera singer Mario | 18 |
| Opera singer Luisa whose name can be found on some menus | 56 |
| Opera singer Lily | 17 |
| OPERA SINGER LEONTYNE | 21 |
| Opera singer known as "La Divina" | 43 |
| Opera singer in an opera | 24 |
| Opera singer Gluck | 18 |
| Opera singer Fleming | 20 |
| Opera singer Flagello | 21 |
| Opera singer Ezio | 17 |
| Opera singer Enrico | 19 |
| Opera singer created by Arthur Conan Doyle | 42 |
| Opera singer Caruso | 19 |
| Opera singer Callas | 19 |
| Opera singer Bostridge | 22 |
| Opera singer | 12 |
| Opera showstopper | 17 |
| Opera setting, for short | 24 |