Buffa is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Buffa in a sentence
Related words
Buffa meaning
The comic actress in an opera.
Using Buffa
- The main meaning on this page is: The comic actress in an opera.
- In the example corpus, buffa often appears in combinations such as: opera buffa, buffa comic, buffa and.
Context around Buffa
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 14 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Buffa
- In this selection, "buffa" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, opera, comic, integrate and brought stand out and add context to how "buffa" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include both opera buffa and opera and fledged opera buffa later in. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "buffa" sits close to words such as aaronson, abai and abass, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with buffa
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Pergolesi was one of the most important early composers of opera buffa (comic opera). (14 words)
The Italian opera buffa company was therefore replaced by a German language Singspiel troupe. (14 words)
These gave way to the full-fledged opera buffa later in the 18th century. (14 words)
By contrast, arias in opera buffa (comic opera) were often specific in character to the nature of the character being portrayed (for example the cheeky servant-girl or the irascible elderly suitor or guardian). (34 words)
As in opera buffa, the singers were often masters of the stage and the music, decorating the vocal lines so floridly that audiences could no longer recognise the original melody. (30 words)
Whereas opera seria was an entertainment that was both made for and depicted kings and nobility, opera buffa was made for and depicted common people with more common problems. (29 words)
Example sentences (14)
Another example of Romantic opera buffa would be Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore of 1832.
As in opera buffa, the singers were often masters of the stage and the music, decorating the vocal lines so floridly that audiences could no longer recognise the original melody.
As with his comedies, Goldoni's opera buffa integrate elements of the Commedia dell'arte with recognisable local and middle-class realities.
By contrast, arias in opera buffa (comic opera) were often specific in character to the nature of the character being portrayed (for example the cheeky servant-girl or the irascible elderly suitor or guardian).
Christoph Willibald Gluck thought that both opera buffa and opera seria had strayed too far from what opera should really be, and seemed unnatural.
During the 18th century, the introduction of the popular opera buffa brought opera to the masses as an accessible form of performance.
History Comic characters had been a part of opera until the early 18th century, when "opera buffa" began to emerge as a separate genre.
Lortzing's "comic masterpiece", intended to show a German work could rival Italian opera buffa and French opéra comique.
Pergolesi was one of the most important early composers of opera buffa (comic opera).
The Italian opera buffa company was therefore replaced by a German language Singspiel troupe.
The jokes of opera buffa were threadbare and the repetition of the same characters made them seem no more than stereotypes.
The music Opera genre of opera buffa was born in Naples in the 18th century and then spread to Rome and then in northern Italy.
These gave way to the full-fledged opera buffa later in the 18th century.
Whereas opera seria was an entertainment that was both made for and depicted kings and nobility, opera buffa was made for and depicted common people with more common problems.
Common combinations with buffa
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: