Opéra bouffon

Opéra bouffon is the French term for the Italian genre of opera buffa (comic opera) performed in 18th-century France, either in the original language or in French translation. The term was also used by Jacques Offenbach for three of his works: Orphée aux enfers, Le roman comique and Le voyage de MM. Dunanan père et fils.

The term is sometimes confused with the French opéra comique and opéra bouffe.

References

  • Bartlet, M Elizabeth C: "Opéra bouffon" in The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie (London, 1992) ISBN 0-333-73432-7

Further reading

  • Contant d'Orville, André-Guillaume (1768). Histoire de l'opéra bouffon, Vol. I and Vol. II (in French)
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