Of all the noises known to man, it is the most expensive, per an old quip Crossword Clue

• "Norma" or "Tosca"

  New York Times · Tuesday, September 1, 2026 · 5 letters

• Work with a libretto

  New York Times · Wednesday, July 15, 2026 · 5 letters

• Performance at Lincoln Center

  New York Times · Monday, June 22, 2026 · 5 letters

• One of 22 works by Mozart, but just one work by Beethoven

  New York Times · Thursday, April 2, 2026 · 5 letters

• "Don Giovanni" genre

  New York Times · Wednesday, March 11, 2026 · 5 letters

• "L'Orfeo" or "Idomeneo"

  New York Times · Tuesday, February 17, 2026 · 5 letters

• Work of Bellini or Bizet

  New York Times · Thursday, December 11, 2025 · 5 letters

• "___ is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings": Robert Benchley

  New York Times · Monday, December 8, 2025 · 5 letters

• "People are wrong when they say ___ is not what it used to be. It is what it used to be. That is what's wrong with it": Noël Coward

  New York Times · Saturday, September 6, 2025 · 5 letters

• Work of Puccini or Bellini

  New York Times · Tuesday, July 22, 2025 · 5 letters

More clues from this crossword

• 20-Across Home theater installation
• 21-Down Revolting sort
• 22-Across Arpad ___, creator of an eponymous chess rating system
• 23-Across Mill fodder
• 24-Down Herb with a creeping variety
• 25-Across First syllable of a rhyming film genre
• 27-Down Mediators and honest brokers
• 28-Across Feng shui energy
• 29-Down Shortening that omits "gram"
• 30-Across Gluttonous sort
• 31-Down Many an entry-level position
• 32-Across More than great