opera bouffe
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He returned with a big stranger, dressed in an opera bouffe green and yellow uniform, carrying a rifle in a yellow leather sling.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
His tastes led more in the direction of the opera bouffe "and he delighted in Offenbach because he said that the operas made him laugh."
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
It was the Italian opera bouffe on the most charming stage in the world.
From A Short History of Italy (476-1900) by Henry Dwight Sedgwick
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