opera bouffe
Example Sentences
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That was Act I of the opera bouffe, and there were some who cheered.
From Time Magazine Archive
A confused story-within-a-story and a stage-within-a-stage set mix Grecian mythology with Mozartian opera bouffe.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sardinian Brigade does not discredit the bravery of Italian fighters; it only shows that Italian fighting and opera bouffe were often closely related.
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
There was something of the opera bouffe about his methods which abstracted from the brilliancy of his success.
From The Secret Witness by Gibbs, George
