The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ARIA
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ARIA
- A song coming up, one from an opera
- Song musician at first cut from role in West Side Story
- First-class article about Mahler's last song
- Song recalled in Hair, Aquarius
- A long number of answers, including right one
- Part of Rastafarian song
- Song from Callas, perhaps needing no introduction
- Song of heretical nationalist being rejected
- Opera song from Farrar I adored
- Song from opera or a show coming up
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What does ARIA mean?
ARIA noun- A musical piece written typically for a solo voice with orchestral accompaniment in an opera or cantata.