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Definition of Buffa
1. n. fem. The comic actress in an opera.
Definition of Buffa
1. a female operatic clown [n BUFFE]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Buffa
Literary usage of Buffa
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Opera: A Sketch of the Development of Opera : with Full Descriptions of by Richard Alexander Streatfeild (1897)
"This was the development of Opera buffa, a form of art which was destined, ...
There is some uncertainty about the actual origin of Opera buffa. ..."
2. Works by Washington Irving (1897)
"... RAGGI, SURNAMED THE AGREEABLE RAGAMUFFIN, CHIEF MOUNTEBANK AND buffa-DANCER
TO HIS HIGHNESS. The numerous letters which I have written to our friend the ..."
3. The Canadian War of 1812 by Charles Prestwood Lucas (1906)
"... and who came about noon on the 8th, and, supplementing them wi some regular
soldiers, put off from the mouth of buffa Creek in two large boats, ..."
4. The Story of Opera by Ernest Markham Lee (1909)
"and those of Scarlatti and later writers—Birth of the aria—England and France of
the same date—Opera buffa ..."
5. The Stage: From "observations Taken on the Spot" by Alfred Bunn (1840)
"... opinion—Mr. Kemble and Mr. Bunn at issue upon the point—Mr. Knowles and
Mademoiselle Duvernay—The Siege of Corinth—The Opera buffa—Grimaldi's finale, ..."
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