Opéra bouffon
Opéra bouffon is the French term for the Italian
The term was also later used by
Orphée aux enfers, Le pont des soupirs, Geneviève de Brabant, Le roman comique and Le voyage de MM. Dunanan père et fils[2]), and is sometimes confused with the French opéra comique and opéra bouffe.[3]
Notes
- ^ M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet: "Opéra bouffon", in: The New Grove Dictionary of Opera, ed. Stanley Sadie. Volume three, London 1992, p. 685.
- ^ Scores:Le voyage de MM. Dunanan père et fils (Offenbach, Jacques)
- ^ Notably André-Guillaume Contant d'Orville (Histoire de l'opéra bouffon, Amsterdam 1768, Vol. I and Vol. II) used the term as a synonym for opéra comique (Bartlet).
References
- Bartlet, M. Elizabeth C.: "Opéra bouffon", in: ISBN 0-333-73432-7.