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Definition of buffo in English: buffonounPlural buffos ˈbʊfəʊˈbo͞ofō A comic actor in Italian opera. Example sentencesExamples - Donald Maxwell is a seasoned operatic buffo, who nicely cherishes, relishes and polishes his pontificating arias, with chorus usually dancing attendance.
- Joel Katz played the buffo Sacristan with humour, and the required nervous tics so meticulously notated in Puccini's score.
- English buffo Ian Wallace lacks the ripeness and buzz of the best Italian buffos, but the voice is substantial enough and his mastery of the text is never in doubt; his expertise shows through particularly during the "Gioa pace!" scene.
adjective ˈbʊfəʊˈbo͞ofō Of or typical of Italian comic opera. Example sentencesExamples - By now, it should come as no surprise that Juan Diego Flórez is the ideal Rossini tenor, combining youthful charm with florid razzle-dazzle, or that Ferruccio Furlanetto (Mustafà) and Earle Patriarco are masters of the buffo idiom.
- Finally, Saskia Willaert writes in some details about the buffo opera singer and the repertory of Italian opera in London.
- The smaller parts are done with professional polish, and I must mention Salvatore Baccaloni in the little role of Doctor Grenvil, because he would continue on to become a buffo star at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1940s.
- Those Mozart parts are known as buffo roles, written for the semi-comic character singers of Mozart's companies, rather than noble, heroic leading men.
- After this quintessence of the buffo style, La Cenerentola, while not lacking in comic situations, is more sentimentally inclined, and in the remaining years of his Italian career Rossini produced no comedy at all.
Origin Mid 18th century: Italian, 'puff of wind, buffoon', from buffare 'to puff', of imitative origin. Definition of buffo in US English: buffonounˈbo͞ofō A comic actor in Italian opera or a person resembling such an actor. Example sentencesExamples - Donald Maxwell is a seasoned operatic buffo, who nicely cherishes, relishes and polishes his pontificating arias, with chorus usually dancing attendance.
- Joel Katz played the buffo Sacristan with humour, and the required nervous tics so meticulously notated in Puccini's score.
- English buffo Ian Wallace lacks the ripeness and buzz of the best Italian buffos, but the voice is substantial enough and his mastery of the text is never in doubt; his expertise shows through particularly during the "Gioa pace!" scene.
adjectiveˈbo͞ofō Of or typical of Italian comic opera. Example sentencesExamples - By now, it should come as no surprise that Juan Diego Flórez is the ideal Rossini tenor, combining youthful charm with florid razzle-dazzle, or that Ferruccio Furlanetto (Mustafà) and Earle Patriarco are masters of the buffo idiom.
- Finally, Saskia Willaert writes in some details about the buffo opera singer and the repertory of Italian opera in London.
- The smaller parts are done with professional polish, and I must mention Salvatore Baccaloni in the little role of Doctor Grenvil, because he would continue on to become a buffo star at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1940s.
- Those Mozart parts are known as buffo roles, written for the semi-comic character singers of Mozart's companies, rather than noble, heroic leading men.
- After this quintessence of the buffo style, La Cenerentola, while not lacking in comic situations, is more sentimentally inclined, and in the remaining years of his Italian career Rossini produced no comedy at all.
Origin Mid 18th century: Italian, ‘puff of wind, buffoon’, from buffare ‘to puff’, of imitative origin. |