opera buffa
戏曲,戏曲杂耍,戏曲表演,丑角戏
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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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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.