opera bouffe
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Jovial, pretty and full of technical traps, the Rossini-influenced work sends the solo violin scampering like the hero of some demonic opera bouffe.
From Time Magazine Archive
In 1894 the U.S. struck him as "a grand opera bouffe of absolutely daft or imbecile human beings."
From Time Magazine Archive
The Roman temperament had as much to do as the police with turning Act II of the Communist pageant into opera bouffe.
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
Somehow, it seemed rather fascinating to have the opera bouffe side of the Black Republic presented to us.
From The Social Gangster by Reeve, Arthur B. (Arthur Benjamin)
