opera bouffe
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That was Act I of the opera bouffe, and there were some who cheered.
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Young Menotti nowhere showed astonishing originality, certainly showed he could write better opera bouffe than any other man alive.
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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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General Wood's disclosure tended to confirm this opera bouffe conception of insular politics.
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This opera bouffe performance ended by each monarch giving the other "the lie in the throat."
From The Age of the Reformation by Smith, Preserved
