Usage examples (33)

• 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
• In the end, many Americans concluded, it was more a joke, a farce, an opera buffa, than anything else.
• Abroad, three and a half years of opera buffa under Silvio Berlusconi has eroded Italy's standing with its neighbors.
• New Yorkers are reluctant witnesses to an opera buffa orchestrated by several democratic state senators on the grift.