Possible Clues:

• Irate cop (anag.)
• Like Carmen?
• Irate cop lost description of Carman
• Work time -- involuntary reaction is to become histrionic
• Like a La Scala performance
• Like Verdi's most famous works
• Artist absorbed by poetic arranging of 'Carmen', for example
• Like many basso solos
• Playing pirate in company making a comeback with music
• Loud and dramatic, as a voice