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opéra bouffe
French music
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comparison with opera buffa
- In opera buffa
…buffa is distinct from French opéra-bouffe, a general term for any light opera.
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history of theatrical music
- In theatre music: Classical developments
…by the emergence of the opéra bouffe (literally, “comic opera”)—the French variety of operetta. It is usually dated to the Paris production in 1753 of Les Troqueurs (“The Barterers”), based on a fable by Jean de La Fontaine and having original music by a court violinist, Antoine Dauvergne.
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