: an 18th century farcical comic opera with dialogue in recitative
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Love, lies and mistaken identities play out in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera buffa, featuring a libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.
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Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Rossini wrote an opera buffa, an essentially frivolous piece with a whole lot of gorgeous music.
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Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2023
Mozart’s 1790 opera buffa about two men whose scheme to test their fiancées’ fidelity ends in surprise.
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2021
Leading an orchestra with considerably more strings than Mozart was accustomed to, Zander gave admirable clarity to the opera buffa fugue sections and propulsion to the whole.
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BostonGlobe.com,
19 Oct. 2019
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Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Rossini wrote an opera buffa, an essentially frivolous piece with a whole lot of gorgeous music.
—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2023
Mozart’s 1790 opera buffa about two men whose scheme to test their fiancées’ fidelity ends in surprise.
—
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 June 2021
Leading an orchestra with considerably more strings than Mozart was accustomed to, Zander gave admirable clarity to the opera buffa fugue sections and propulsion to the whole.
—
BostonGlobe.com,
19 Oct. 2019
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“Opera buffa.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/opera%20buffa. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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