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
- 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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