opera bouffe
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In Los Angeles, Peruvian Songbird Yma Sumac, 35, exercising all the resources of her four-octave voice, starred in a choice bit of opera bouffe in three acts.
From Time Magazine Archive
But they figure nevertheless in scene after scene of political opera bouffe which even the most gifted satirist would be proud to have invented.
From Time Magazine Archive
Young Menotti nowhere showed astonishing originality, certainly showed he could write better opera bouffe than any other man alive.
From Time Magazine Archive
The pedigree of this tatterdemalion opera bouffe is long and diffuse.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Chelsford's methods seem to me to savour a little of opera bouffe," he remarked drily.
From The Betrayal by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
