opéra bouffe
a comic opera, especially of farcical character.
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How to use opéra bouffe in a sentence
Then why demand of Ailes that his opera bouffe company treat you as anything other than an interloper?
This score, the first comic work I ever did, is in a light and easy style which savours of the Italian opera-bouffe.
Altogether this opera bouffe hotel is neither bad nor good, and most confusing as to its personnel and their conduct.
Italian Highways and Byways from a Motor Car | Francis MiltounAn opera is a musical drama, the higher forms of which are known as grand opera, and the lower or farcical forms as opera bouffe.
Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism | F. V. N. PainterWhat is the difference between grand opera and opera bouffe?
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Opera-bouffe and Gilbert and Sullivan are preferred to everything else.
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British Dictionary definitions for opéra bouffe
/ (ˈɒpərə ˈbuːf, French ɔpera buf) /
a type of light or satirical opera common in France during the 19th century
Origin of opéra bouffe
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