opera buffa
Example Sentences
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This obscure and hilariously outrageous takeoff on the genre of Italian opera buffa, written in 1846, turned out to be the hit of the weekend.
From Los Angeles Times
A comic opera ends with a wedding, and our opera buffa is no exception.
From Los Angeles Times
The casual misogyny of Strauss’s only opera buffa — a work that unfolds like a love letter to Mozart, Rossini and Donizetti — was hardly a point of controversy when it premiered in Dresden in 1935.
From New York Times
It turns out that this isn’t really tragedy or farce, grand opera or opera buffa: it’s corporate promotion.
From New York Times
They turn courtroom trials into opera buffa, at least until the victim is shackled and pushed out the door to a prison cell.
From Salon
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