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Definitions of buffo in various dictionaries:
A man who sings comic opera roles.
noun - an operatic clown
BUFFO - Opera buffa (Italian: [pera bufa]; "comic opera", plural: opere buffe) is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian ...
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| Operatic type |
| Comical opera role |
| Burlesque (opera) (It.) |
| Comic in Italian opera |
| Enthusiast introducing old style of opera |
| Comic Albert leaving American city |
| Last Seen in these Crosswords & Puzzles |
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| Jan 20 2016 The Times - Concise |
| Oct 9 2012 USA Today |
| Jun 6 2011 USA Today |
| Aug 19 2009 The Telegraph - Toughie |
| Apr 11 2006 The Times - Cryptic |
| Mar 13 2003 The Times - Concise |
| Possible Dictionary Clues |
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| A man who sings comic opera roles. |
| a comic actor in Italian opera. |
| A comic actor in Italian opera. |
| Of or typical of Italian comic opera. |
| Buffo description |
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Opera buffa (Italian: [pera bufa]; "comic opera", plural: opere buffe) is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as commedia in musica, commedia per musica, dramma bernesco, dramma comico, divertimento giocoso. * Especially associated with developments in Naples in the first half of the 18th century, whence its popularity spread to Rome and northern Italy, buffa was at first characterized by everyday settings, local dialects, and simple vocal writing (the basso buffo is the associated voice type), the main requirement being clear diction and facility with patter. * The New Grove Dictionary of Opera considers La Cilla (music by Michelangelo Faggioli, text by Francesco Antonio Tullio, 1706) and Luigi and Federico Ricci's Crispino e la comare (1850) to be the first and last appearances of the genre, although the term is still occasionally applied to newer work (for example Ernst Krenek's Zeitoper Schwergew |