opera bouffe
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The pedigree of this tatterdemalion opera bouffe is long and diffuse.
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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.
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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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Sardinian Brigade does not discredit the bravery of Italian fighters; it only shows that Italian fighting and opera bouffe were often closely related.
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An opera is a musical drama, the higher forms of which are known as grand opera, and the lower or farcical forms as opera bouffe.
From Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism by Painter, F. V. N. (Franklin Verzelius Newton)
