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Definition of Buffa

Buffa
Buffa Buf"fa, n. fem. (Mus.) [It. See Buffoon.] The comic actress in an opera. -- a. Comic, farcical. Aria buffa, a droll or comic air. Opera buffa, a comic opera. See Opera bouffe.

Meaning of Buffa from wikipedia

- Opera buffa (Italian: [ˈɔːpera ˈbuffa], "comic opera"; pl.: opere buffe) is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian...
- Buffa is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amédée Pofey or Buffa (fl. 1208), French knight, constable of the Kingdom of Thessalonica...
- Paolo Buffa (1903–1970) was an Italian architect and furniture designer. Owens, Mitc**** (June 1, 2013). "Paolo Buffa's Midcentury Furniture Designs"...
- Federico Buffa (born 28 July 1959 in Milan) is an Italian journalist, writer and television sportscaster. He studied sociology at UCLA Summer Session...
- La cosa buffa (lit. The Funny Thing) is a 1972 Italian comedy-drama film directed by Aldo Lado. It is an adaptation of a 1966 Italian novel of the same...
- that both opera buffa and opera seria had stra**** too far from what opera should really be, and seemed unnatural. The jokes of opera buffa were threadbare...
- works follow the traditional forms of the Italian opera seria and opera buffa as well as the German Singspiel. In his maturity, according to music writer...
- developed in late 17th-century Italy. By the 1730s, a new operatic genre, opera buffa, emerged as an alternative to opera seria. It quickly made its way to France...
- His other notable stage works include Mistero napoletano (1977), L'Opera buffa del Giovedì Santo based on Pergolesi's Stabat Mater (1980), Messa di requiem...
- barˈbjɛːre di siˈviʎʎa osˈsiːa liˈnuːtile prekautˈtsjoːne]) is an opera buffa (comic opera) in two acts composed by Gioachino Rossini with an Italian...