OPERA is an answer for the NYT Crossword puzzle. Here you can get the history and usage for OPERA in NYT Crossword from 1994.
This "OPERA" answer was first appeared in "29 Nov 1993" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Faust,” for one". It was authored by Sidney L. Robbins. Recently, the "OPERA" answer has been used for "16 Nov 2023" NYT Crossword for the hint of "“Otello,” for one". It was authored by Paolo Pasco. "OPERA" appeared 221 times in Shortz Era puzzles. So lets take a look for clue and answer history of "OPERA" word.
Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
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16 Nov 2023 | 28A | “Otello,” for one | Paolo Pasco |
9 Nov 2023 | 62A | Love of Charles Foster Kane in “Citizen Kane” | Simeon Seigel |
5 Oct 2023 | 16A | Where there is “too much singing,” per Debussy | Daniel Bodily |
21 Sep 2023 | 13A | Entertainment one might view from a box | Dan Caprera |
24 Jul 2023 | 52D | “The Magic Flute,” e.g. | John Ewbank |
2 Jan 2023 | 2D | “La Bohème” or “La Traviata” | Seth Bisen-Hersh |
21 Dec 2022 | 24D | Field for Maria Callas | Nancy Stark and Will Nediger |
9 Dec 2022 | 65A | “Il Trovatore,” for one | Brooke Husic and Hoang-Kim Vu |
5 Dec 2022 | 44A | “Aida” or “Lohengrin” | Tracy Gray |
5 Nov 2022 | 45A | Met for a few hours in the evening? | John Westwig |
18 Oct 2022 | 26D | John Adams’s “Nixon in China,” for one | Dan Schoenholz |
5 Oct 2022 | 52A | Word with rock or soap | Jason Reich |
22 Jun 2022 | 7D | Work from Bellini or Rossini | Kate Hawkins |
17 Jun 2022 | 49D | Word with light or space | Pao Roy |
27 May 2022 | 58A | Kind of cake with layers of coffee and chocolate | David Distenfeld |
22 May 2022 | 101D | Best ___ Recording (Grammy category) | David and Karen and Paul Steinberg |
10 Apr 2022 | 22A | Word with box or gloves | David W. Tuffs |
25 Jan 2022 | 9A | “Fidelio” is Beethoven’s only one | Ray Brunsberg and Ellen Brunsberg |
22 Nov 2021 | 64A | “Tosca” or “Turandot” | Stella Zawistowski |
15 Nov 2021 | 43A | They say this “ain’t over until the fat lady sings” | Ian Rathkey |
8 Nov 2021 | 62A | “Carmen” or “Elektra” | Carl Larson |
27 Oct 2021 | 15A | Unsuk Chin’s “Alice in Wonderland,” for one | Johanna Fenimore |
19 Sep 2021 | 103D | Literally, “works” | Peter Gordon |
29 Aug 2021 | 82D | “What’s ___, Doc?” (old Bugs Bunny short) | Dory Mintz |
9 Aug 2021 | 16A | “The Phantom of the ___” | Alex Eaton-Salners |
5 Aug 2021 | 15A | Grammy category | Adam Wagner |
4 May 2021 | 28A | “La Bohème,” for one | Nina Sloan |
14 Apr 2021 | 16A | “The Barber of Seville,” e.g. | Nathan Hasegawa |
21 Feb 2021 | 11D | Where trills provide thrills | Matthew Stock |
16 Aug 2020 | 3D | “Einstein on the Beach,” e.g. | Francis Heaney |
6 Apr 2020 | 49D | “Madama Butterfly,” for one | Andrea Carla Michaels and Brian Thomas |
19 Feb 2020 | 12D | “Don Giovanni,” e.g. | Alex Eaton-Salners |
1 Feb 2020 | 29A | Covent Garden offering | Mark Diehl |
29 Jan 2020 | 48D | “La Traviata,” for one | Jeremy Newton |
13 Dec 2019 | 16A | Works | Leslie Rogers |
4 Dec 2019 | 23A | Where the Marx Brothers famously spent a night | Evan Mahnken |
16 Sep 2019 | 38A | Genre for Puccini and Ponchielli | Amanda Rafkin and Ross Trudeau |
27 Jun 2019 | 41D | Work of Bellini or Gounod | Hoang-Kim Vu |
13 Apr 2019 | 14A | “___ in English is, in the main, just about as sensible as baseball in Italian”: H. L. Mencken | Debbie Ellerin |
24 Jan 2019 | 44A | Unlikely source of a Top 40 song | Stu Ockman |
8 Dec 2018 | 2D | Word with light or rock | Trenton Charlson and David Steinberg |
6 Aug 2018 | 32D | “The Magic Flute,” for one | Andrea Carla Michaels and Mark Diehl |
30 Jul 2018 | 66A | Met performance | Gary Cee |
13 Jun 2018 | 16A | “Lakmé” or “Lohengrin” | Michael Hawkins |
10 Feb 2018 | 13D | Word with space or rock | Finn Vigeland |
1 Jan 2018 | 5D | “Madama Butterfly,” for one | Matthew Sewell |
10 Dec 2017 | 102D | With 84-Down, bit of black attire | Erik Agard and Laura Braunstein |
7 Mar 2017 | 12D | Sydney ___ House | Freddie Cheng |
26 Feb 2017 | 71A | Grammy category | Josh Knapp |
18 Dec 2016 | 17D | The Marx Brothers spent a night at one | Derrick Niederman |
13 Sep 2016 | 15A | “Macbeth” or “Otello” | Stanley Newman |
8 Sep 2016 | 55D | Grammy category | Joanne Sullivan |
30 Jun 2016 | 29D | “Porgy and Bess,” e.g. | Jonathan M. Kaye |
5 May 2016 | 57A | Soap ___ | David Poole |
14 Apr 2016 | 15A | Space ___ | Jason Flinn |
1 Feb 2016 | 28D | “Carmen” or “Rigoletto” | Gary Cee |
26 Nov 2015 | 34D | “What’s ___, Doc?” (classic Bugs Bunny short) | Ed Sessa |
11 Nov 2015 | 66A | Alban Berg’s “Wozzeck,” e.g. | David Steinberg |
30 Sep 2015 | 2D | “Cavalleria Rusticana,” for one | Freddie Cheng |
14 Sep 2015 | 42A | “Don Giovanni” or “Don Pasquale” | Zhouqin Burnikel |
30 Aug 2015 | 21A | Word with light or horse | Lee Taylor |
10 Aug 2015 | 51D | La Scala offering | C. W. Stewart |
12 Apr 2015 | 31D | Setting for a Marx Brothers farce | Jeff Chen |
28 Feb 2015 | 16A | “Bluebeard’s Castle,” e.g. | Barry C. Silk |
19 Nov 2014 | 59D | Record store section | Jacob Stulberg |
26 Oct 2014 | 45A | “Siegfried,” e.g. | Caleb Emmons |
26 Jul 2014 | 25D | Horse ___ | Julian Lim |
18 Jun 2014 | 33A | Where to hear “Bravo!” and “Brava!” | Amy Johnson |
14 Dec 2013 | 41D | 25-Down, for one | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
5 Nov 2013 | 4A | Boito’s “Mefistofele,” e.g. | Paula Gamache |
27 Sep 2013 | 31D | Grammy category | Peter A. Collins |
22 Sep 2013 | 112A | Covent Garden performance | Mike Selinker |
2 Sep 2013 | 8D | “Der Rosenkavalier,” for one | Jim Peredo |
28 Jul 2013 | 4D | “L’Africaine,” e.g. | Andrew Reynolds |
16 Jun 2013 | 15D | *Works | Mel Rosen |
10 Jun 2013 | 55A | “La Bohème” or “La Traviata” | Zhouqin Burnikel |
17 Mar 2013 | 2D | Setting for a 1935 Marx Brothers comedy | J. R. Leopold |
13 Mar 2013 | 64A | Each of this puzzle’s long Across answers sounds like one | Joe DiPietro |
2 Nov 2012 | 16A | High-culture work | Derek Bowman |
24 Oct 2012 | 62A | Kind of glasses | Ian Livengood |
28 May 2012 | 16A | “William Tell,” for one | Kurt Mueller |
27 May 2012 | 110A | See 108-Across | Byron Walden |
9 May 2012 | 11D | Strauss’s “Die Fledermaus,” for one | Eshan Mitra |
1 May 2012 | 14A | “Falstaff” or “Fidelio” | Zoe Wheeler and Aimee Lucido |
13 Oct 2011 | 28D | “Anna Bolena” or “Anna Nicole” | John Farmer |
19 Aug 2011 | 45D | “No good ___ plot can be sensible …”: W. H. Auden | Patrick Berry |
28 Jul 2011 | 53A | Record store section | Alan Arbesfeld |
1 Jun 2011 | 15D | “The Makropulos Affair,” for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
19 Dec 2010 | 50D | Lincoln Center production | Kevin G. Der |
21 Sep 2010 | 55D | Word with grand or soap | Adam G. Perl |
12 Sep 2010 | 113A | Works in the music business | Paula Gamache |
20 Jul 2010 | 22D | Setting for a Marx Brothers farce | Ed Sessa |
28 May 2010 | 51D | Work on a grand scale | Joe Krozel |
31 Mar 2010 | 50D | Teatro La Fenice offering | Chuck Deodene |
26 Oct 2009 | 14A | “Tosca,” for one | Mike Nothnagel |
1 Sep 2009 | 14A | Musical work that’s often not in English | Steven Ginzburg |
2 Jun 2009 | 45D | Wagner composition | Patrick Blindauer |
19 Apr 2009 | 65D | “Nixon in China,” for one | Will Nediger |
8 Feb 2009 | 39A | Price production | Alan Arbesfeld |
13 Dec 2008 | 24D | Work with choruses | Frank Longo |
20 Oct 2008 | 3D | Puccini production | Daniel Raymon |
14 Jul 2008 | 63A | “Tosca” or “Thaïs” | Ed Early |
26 Jan 2008 | 2D | Glass work | Karen M. Tracey |
28 Dec 2007 | 26A | Place to find a C-note? | John Farmer |
2 Oct 2007 | 28D | “La Traviata,” e.g. | Oliver Hill |
29 Sep 2007 | 45D | See 29-Down | Robert H. Wolfe |
22 Aug 2007 | 35A | Paris Métro station next to a music center | Patrick Blindauer |
6 Jun 2007 | 45A | Lincoln Center offering | Richard Silvestri |
3 Jun 2007 | 18D | “Idomeneo,” e.g. | Kelsey Blakley |
28 Mar 2007 | 16A | Numbered works | Burton Clemans |
26 Mar 2007 | 14A | “Faust” or “Don Giovanni” | Eric Fischer |
18 Dec 2006 | 42A | Plural of 21-Across | Donna Levin |
28 Oct 2006 | 44A | Word with light or rock | David Quarfoot |
19 Oct 2006 | 12D | Activity for some season ticket holders | Raymond C. Young |
20 Aug 2006 | 5A | “Dido and Aeneas,” for an early English example | Richard Silvestri |
18 Aug 2006 | 44D | Word with light or horse | Joe DiPietro |
3 Aug 2006 | 50D | Puccini production | Nancy Salomon |
19 Jun 2006 | 19A | Musical work featuring 3-Down | Raymond Hamel |
19 Apr 2006 | 66A | 6-Across, e.g. | Lee Glickstein and Nancy Salomon |
17 Jan 2006 | 24D | La Scala production | Nancy Salomon |
8 Dec 2005 | 44A | Phantom’s haunt | David Pringle |
22 Nov 2005 | 14A | “Fidelio,” for one | Nancy Salomon |
14 Nov 2005 | 20A | Met production | Marjorie Berg |
22 Jun 2005 | 51D | “Martha” or “Norma” | Verna Suit |
19 Jun 2005 | 63D | Bizet work | Manny Nosowsky |
8 Apr 2005 | 46A | Bizet work | Manny Nosowsky |
3 Aug 2004 | 6A | Gounod production | Roy Leban |
13 Jun 2004 | 68A | Where you might take a lorgnette | Richard Silvestri |
8 Jun 2004 | 67A | Met offering | Ed Early |
31 May 2004 | 33D | “La Bohème,” e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
27 Apr 2004 | 55A | Met offering | Janet R. Bender |
22 Apr 2004 | 21A | Word with buff or buffa | Daniel C. Bryant |
27 Jan 2004 | 8D | “Il Trovatore,” e.g. | Randall J. Hartman |
29 Oct 2003 | 36A | Sydney ___ House | Manny Nosowsky |
11 Apr 2003 | 52D | “Nixon in China,” for one | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
30 Dec 2002 | 35D | “Tosca,” e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
27 Nov 2002 | 14A | “William Tell,” e.g. | Ron O’Hair |
20 Jul 2002 | 14A | Setting for a 1935 Marx Brothers farce | Dana Motley |
15 Jul 2002 | 64A | Wagner work | John Leavy |
23 Jun 2002 | 67D | Works | Eric Berlin |
17 Apr 2002 | 52D | “Norma,” for one | Richard Silvestri |
11 Jan 2002 | 3D | Works | Mark Diehl |
27 Nov 2001 | 47D | Kiri Te Kanawa’s milieu | Ed Early |
22 Oct 2001 | 14A | Where to hear an aria | Denise Neuendorf |
12 Sep 2001 | 14A | Collected works | Philip Lew |
22 Aug 2001 | 51D | 14-Across, e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
6 Aug 2001 | 42A | “Pagliacci,” e.g. | Bernice Gordon |
30 Jul 2001 | 16A | “La Bohème,” e.g. | Nancy Kavanaugh |
18 Jul 2001 | 15A | Rameau work | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
4 Mar 2001 | 96D | Field of Battle | Cathy Millhauser |
29 Jan 2001 | 47D | “Faust,” e.g. | Sarah Keller |
25 Dec 2000 | 15A | Met offering | Adam G. Perl |
19 Nov 2000 | 100D | Theater offering | Cathy Millhauser |
26 Oct 2000 | 54D | “Wozzeck,” e.g. | Patrick Berry |
17 Oct 2000 | 59A | La Scala offering | Peter Gordon |
3 Oct 2000 | 11D | See 21-Across | Todd McClary |
11 Sep 2000 | 66A | “The Magic Flute,” e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
28 Aug 2000 | 12D | “Lohengrin,” e.g. | Richard Hughes |
14 Jul 2000 | 25D | 35-Down, for one | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
20 May 2000 | 6D | Comic ___ | Rich Norris |
14 May 2000 | 54D | Kind of glasses | Bill Zais and Nancy Salomon |
24 Apr 2000 | 20A | Where to hear an aria | Peter Gordon |
3 Apr 2000 | 25D | Where to hear a 14-Across | Gregory E. Paul |
29 Mar 2000 | 55A | What the fat lady sings? | Peter Gordon |
20 Mar 2000 | 18A | Verdi work | Gregory E. Paul |
29 Nov 1999 | 16A | “Don Giovanni,” for example | Richard Chisholm |
18 Oct 1999 | 48D | “Carmen,” e.g. | Nancy Salomon and Karen Riekert |
6 Sep 1999 | 3D | “Lohengrin,” e.g. | Manny Nosowsky |
8 Aug 1999 | 34D | “Hänsel und Gretel,” e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
21 Jul 1999 | 63A | Part of Mozart’s art | Noah Dephoure |
21 Jun 1999 | 17A | Word after grand or soap | Gregory E. Paul |
14 Apr 1999 | 54A | La Scala offering | Alan Arbesfeld |
27 Jul 1998 | 50D | “The Barber of Seville,” e.g. | Steven Picus |
29 Jun 1998 | 15A | “The Barber of Seville,” e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
9 Mar 1998 | 9A | “Falstaff” or “Fidelio” | Randall J. Hartman |
26 Feb 1998 | 15A | Work for Moffo or a buffo | Lois Sidway |
28 Jan 1998 | 61A | Paris landmark, with “L'” | Mark Gottlieb |
4 Jan 1998 | 97D | Aria area | Mark Danna |
30 Oct 1997 | 25D | Field of buffos | Cathy Millhauser |
13 Oct 1997 | 22D | “La Bohème,” e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
17 Aug 1997 | 66D | Kind of hat or house | Cathy Millhauser |
15 Jul 1997 | 10D | “Don Giovanni,” for one | Frank Longo |
16 Apr 1997 | 14A | “Otello,” e.g. | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
12 Jan 1997 | 11A | 16-Down, for one | M. Rosen |
18 Dec 1996 | 16A | Mozart offering | M. W. Perry |
15 Dec 1996 | 120A | Paris cultural center | R. Ross |
2 Dec 1996 | 2D | Soap ___ | D. L. Wilk |
29 Nov 1996 | 6D | Beethoven wrote just one | B. White |
24 Nov 1996 | 15D | “Lulu,” e.g. | M. Jacobson |
8 Nov 1996 | 4D | “Orfeo,” e.g. | M. Gaffney |
24 Sep 1996 | 6D | “Pagliacci,” for one | S. Spadaccini |
19 Sep 1996 | 61A | La Scala production | W. S. Cotter |
23 Jul 1996 | 11D | Donizetti work | G. E. Paul |
25 Jun 1996 | 50A | “Pagliacci,” e.g. | Randall J. Hartman |
3 Jun 1996 | 8D | “Tosca” or “Thais,” e.g. | S. L. Robbins |
12 May 1996 | 23A | Gig for Domingo | R. Silvestri |
1 May 1996 | 40D | La Scala performance | F. Piscop |
24 Apr 1996 | 52D | “Ernani,” e.g. | G. Dean |
12 Apr 1996 | 2D | Battle field? | M. Nosowsky |
21 Feb 1996 | 28D | “Le Coq d’Or,” e.g. | F. & L. Sabin |
5 Feb 1996 | 64A | Met offering | Robert Katz |
4 Feb 1996 | 71D | Milieu of 99-Down | D. J. Kahn |
11 Jan 1996 | 19A | “Thaïs,” e.g. | B. Jorgensen |
4 Jan 1996 | 8D | “Lulu,” e.g. | F. & L. Sabin |
5 Jul 1995 | 47D | Output of 42 Down | Norman S. Wizer |
8 May 1995 | 38A | “Carmen,” e.g. | Deborah Trombley |
12 Apr 1995 | 29D | Dvorak’s “Russia,” e.g. | Rich Norris |
27 Mar 1995 | 5D | “Fidelio,” e.g. | Gregory E. Paul |
23 Jan 1995 | 36A | “Carmen” or “Aida” | Sidney L. Robbins |
29 Dec 1994 | 45A | “Pique Dame,” e.g. | Jim Page |
5 Sep 1994 | 2D | Puccini product | Julian Ochrymowych & Amy Goldstein |
31 Aug 1994 | 59A | “La Gioconda,” e.g. | Christopher Hurt |
7 Aug 1994 | 54D | “Yolanta,” e.g. | Dean Niles |
19 Jul 1994 | 7D | It may be seria or buffa | Christopher Hurt |
3 Jun 1994 | 14A | “Simon Boccanegra,” e.g. | Norman S. Wizer |
25 Feb 1994 | 27D | Works | Bob Lubbers |
27 Jan 1994 | 41D | “Siegfried,” e.g. | Betty Jorgensen |
20 Jan 1994 | 2D | “Lakme,” e.g. | Lois Sidway |
2 Jan 1994 | 116D | Threepenny entertainment? | Brian G. Tyler |
6 Dec 1993 | 54D | Where the fat lady sings | Peter Gordon |
29 Nov 1993 | 61A | “Faust,” for one | Sidney L. Robbins |
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