Opera buffa
(AH- prah BOO-fah)


The Italian variety of comic opera.

See also Comic Opera; [Fr.] Opéra Comique; [Eng.] Ballad Opera; [Ger.] Singspiel.


SUGGESTED LISTENING EXAMPLE:

Rossini: The Barber of Seville, "Largo al factotum"
W. W. Norton - 4-CD Musical Example Bank -- Disc 1, Track 57

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