opera buffa
Example Sentences
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A comic opera ends with a wedding, and our opera buffa is no exception.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2023
It has more in common with Mozart’s opera buffa than with “Days of Our Lives.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2015
Berlusconi turned it into opera buffa, was in office longer than any other Italian Prime Minister, and ended up in court.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 22, 2015
Salieri’s opera buffa also lacks the character depth of Verdi’s “Falstaff” and the dark-hued undertones of Mozart’s comedies.
From New York Times • Aug. 20, 2014
The th��tre des arts or grand French opera, the opera buffa or Italian comic opera, the th��tre Feydeau or French comic opera, and the th��tre Fran�ais, chiefly engage my attention.
From Paris as It Was and as It Is by Blagdon, Francis W.
