opera bouffe
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In 1894 the U.S. struck him as "a grand opera bouffe of absolutely daft or imbecile human beings."
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
Sardinian Brigade does not discredit the bravery of Italian fighters; it only shows that Italian fighting and opera bouffe were often closely related.
From Time Magazine Archive
On Tiepolo's canvases, every scene became a tableau as lively as any opera bouffe, his every room a stage across which strutted the likes of Orpheus, Eurydice, Scipio, Antony and Cleopatra.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a fantastic, arrogant, feather-headed creature, an Alberoni of the opera bouffe.
From A History of the Four Georges, Volume I by McCarthy, Justin
