opera bouffe
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The pedigree of this tatterdemalion opera bouffe is long and diffuse.
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General Wood's disclosure tended to confirm this opera bouffe conception of insular politics.
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In 1894 the U.S. struck him as "a grand opera bouffe of absolutely daft or imbecile human beings."
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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.
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Fully conscious of the political innocence of his conduct, he welcomed this new diversion and, humming the latest opera bouffe air, he dressed in his best with a posy in his lapel.
From Villa Elsa A Story of German Family Life by Henry, Stuart Oliver
