opera bouffe
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In Los Angeles, Peruvian Songbird Yma Sumac, 35, exercising all the resources of her four-octave voice, starred in a choice bit of opera bouffe in three acts.
From Time Magazine Archive
General Wood's disclosure tended to confirm this opera bouffe conception of insular politics.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
We have turned marriage into opera bouffe, we Americans, and we might as well take it as we've made it.
From The Letter of the Contract by King, Basil
