Definition of "buffa" [buf•fa]

• The comic actress in an opera. (noun)

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• "Whereas the Furies’ verse maintains a regular rhyme scheme and forms a coherent antiphonal structure of response and chorus, the mocking tone of their words moves their chorus away from the emotiveness of aria into the narrative realm of fiction that in the opera buffa is largely the domain of recitative."
• "Il matrimonio segreto is Cimarosa's most famous opera buffa which is reputed to have won immense admiration from Emperor Leopold II at its first performance in"
• "Among them are "Song of the Volga Boatmen," which was discovered in 1996, and the opera buffa "Mavra.""