buffa
- noun
- /ˈbʌfə/
- Specialized
:
ópera buffa
- Florence Hardy's "suburban mind," Sonya Tolstoy's opera buffa door-slamming at Yasnaya Polyana, even (as some have characterized her at the end of her life)
- opera buffa
Examples
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At dusk, after over sixteen hours—luckily my teacher had just bathed and hardly smelled at all—a commedia buffa traipsed in.
Fiction book (1996) -
Many famous composers, including Mozart, contributed to the genre of buffa, enhancing its reputation for humor and wit.
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Friday's performance delivered abundantly, reflecting the care and feeding of a cast expert at rendering the composer's buffa style as something greater than a montage of slapstick-like sequences.
Blog text (22) -
The delightful buffa featured clever dialogue and catchy melodies that kept the audience laughing throughout the performance.
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During the festival, they presented a charming buffa that showcased the talents of local performers in a lighthearted story.
Synonyms
5
7.3
A short, light stage musical with spoken parts and songs that is often funny
1
5.0
A stage show with singing and spoken lines that is funny and ends happily
1
5.3
A short, funny musical play with singing and a light story
A funny musical play with singing and talking that ends happily
A short funny opera with some spoken words and a happy ending
Surface Forms
Etymology
Buffa comes from Italian opera buffa, which literally means an 'opera that is comic'. It is related to English buffoon, so a buffa is a light, funny opera with lively music.