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opera buffa

/op-er-uh -boo-fuh, op-ruh; Italian aw-pe-rah -boof-fah/US // ˈɒp ər ə ˈbu fə, ˈɒp rə; Italian ˈɔ pɛ rɑ ˈbuf fɑ //

戏曲,戏曲杂耍,戏曲表演,丑角戏

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural o·pe·ra buf·fas, o·pe·ras buf·fa, Italian o·pe·re buf·fe [aw-pe-re -boof-fe]. /ˈɔ pɛ rɛ ˈbuf fɛ/.

    • : an Italian farcical comic opera originating in the 18th century and containing recitativo secco, patter songs, and ensemble finales.
    • : the operatic genre comprising such works.

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Examples

  • It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.

  • One of the most horrific episodes of the Vietnam War is being made into a government-funded opera.

  • One beginning that amused him takes place at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York.

  • In June, the executive offices of the Metropolitan Opera were broken into and graffitied with obscene messages.

  • The Metropolitan Opera is the old-school Cadillac of arts institutions.

  • A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.

  • At the present time he was trombone in the “Tournée Gulland,” a touring opera company.

  • That you did not steal from her house by a secret passage, on the night of the destruction of the opera-house?

  • Certain evenings during the week she and her husband attended the opera or sometimes the play.

  • Fecit dextera Di virtutem: non est mortuus, sed vixit; & nunc incolumis narrat opera Di.

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