opera bouffe
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In 1894 the U.S. struck him as "a grand opera bouffe of absolutely daft or imbecile human beings."
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
On Tiepolo's canvases, every scene became a tableau as lively as any opera bouffe, his every room a stage across which strutted the likes of Orpheus, Eurydice, Scipio, Antony and Cleopatra.
From Time Magazine Archive
After dabbling without much success with ballet scores, he turned to opera bouffe, managed to get The Village Soothsayer produced at Fontainebleau to Louis XV's praise.
From Time Magazine Archive
Before we could spread a wing, a little guard of opera bouffe soldiers was rounding the corner.
From Jane Journeys On by Mitchell, Ruth Comfort
