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Synonyms for opera buffa

Grammar : Noun

Spell : op-er-uh boo-fuh, op-ruh; Italian aw-pe-rah boof-fah

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒp ər ə ˈbu fə, ˈɒp rə; Italian ˈɔ pɛ rɑ ˈbuf fɑ

Définition of opera buffa

As in opera bouffe : noun comic opera

Example sentences :

There is some uncertainty about the actual origin of opera buffa.
Extract from : « The Opera » by R.A. Streatfeild

AS Rossini found the opera seria of his day too serious, so he found the opera buffa too broadly comic.
Extract from : « The Life of Rossini » by Henry Sutherland Edwards

So he gave him a contract to write three operas, one of which was to be an opera buffa, and to be ready in the following autumn.
Extract from : « Great Musical Composers » by George T. Ferris

Rossini's "Barber of Seville" is a genuinely good example of opera buffa.
Extract from : « How Music Developed » by W. J. Henderson

The intermezzo subsequently rose to such an importance that it developed into opera buffa, the comic Italian opera.
Extract from : « How Music Developed » by W. J. Henderson

His opera buffa "Elisir d'Amore" is, when well performed, a very pleasing trifle.
Extract from : « How Music Developed » by W. J. Henderson

He set up a private stage in the episcopal palace, and wrote for it his first “opera buffa,” Amore in musica.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 » by Various

The other men who devoted themselves to opera buffa during this period my be briefly dismissed.
Extract from : « The Opera » by R.A. Streatfeild

It was said of the performers that Rossi and Rosa Manservisi were specially suited for opera buffa.
Extract from : « Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Otto Jahn

There is no doubt that this external subordination was of inestimable value to the development of the opera buffa.
Extract from : « Life Of Mozart, Vol. 1 (of 3) » by Otto Jahn

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