opera buffa

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This obscure and hilariously outrageous takeoff on the genre of Italian opera buffa, written in 1846, turned out to be the hit of the weekend.

From Los Angeles Times

A comic opera ends with a wedding, and our opera buffa is no exception.

From Los Angeles Times

It turns out that this isn’t really tragedy or farce, grand opera or opera buffa: it’s corporate promotion.

From New York Times

“It’s a polystylistic opera,” he added, referring to the score’s combination of tropes from severe opera seria and jovial opera buffa, added to orchestrations that recall religious music.

From New York Times

For Currentzis, the work’s female characters reflect different styles of female singer: Donna Anna, for example, seems to have arrived from an opera seria and Zerlina, a peasant girl, from an opera buffa.

From New York Times