Bouffe [noun]

This score, the first comic work I ever did, is in a light and easy style which savours of the Italian opera-bouffe.

Altogether this opera bouffe hotel is neither bad nor good, and most confusing as to its personnel and their conduct.

An opera is a musical drama, the higher forms of which are known as grand opera, and the lower or farcical forms as opera bouffe.

What is the difference between grand opera and opera bouffe?

Opera-bouffe and Gilbert and Sullivan are preferred to everything else.

Charlotte is just now the successful leader of an English opera-bouffe company which is travelling in the West.

Such an appeal to Irving's sympathy and chivalry was enough to deprive the situation of its quality of opéra-bouffe.

If Ethel were a ballet-dancer, or had taken to opera bouffe, she would be much more entertaining!

Needless to say, the whole opera-bouffe affair was promptly disavowed by the higher authorities.

Somehow, it seemed rather fascinating to have the opera bouffe side of the Black Republic presented to us.