opera bouffe
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But they figure nevertheless in scene after scene of political opera bouffe which even the most gifted satirist would be proud to have invented.
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The Roman temperament had as much to do as the police with turning Act II of the Communist pageant into opera bouffe.
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The pedigree of this tatterdemalion opera bouffe is long and diffuse.
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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."
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There was surprising pomp and magnificence; there were fêtes, carousals, continual opera bouffe; and all Italy composed sonnets in my praise, though not one of them was passable.
From Candide by Voltaire
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