1. bouffe - Noun
2. bouffe - Verb
Comic opera. See Opera Bouffe.
Source: Webster's dictionaryBut Kern and Bolton followed the examples of Gilbert and Sullivan and French opéra bouffe in integrating song and story. Source: Internet
The paper observed that it is a mistake to consider Pinafore a burlesque, "for while irresistibly comical it is not bouffe and requires to be handled with great care lest its delicate proportions be marred and its subtle quality of humor be lost". Source: Internet
Performance history Playbill from an 1874 revival The first performance of the two-act, opéra bouffe version took place at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens in Paris on 21 October 1858 and ran for an initial 228 performances. Source: Internet
; opéra bouffe : comedy, satire, parody or farce. ; outré : exceeding the lines of propriety; eccentric in behavior or appearance in an inappropriate way P Pain au chocolat Parkour Pince-nez ; pain au chocolat : lit. "bread with chocolate." Source: Internet
See also Gänzl (1995) Music writer Andrew Lamb notes, "The success of H.M.S. Pinafore in 1879 established British comic opera alongside French opéra bouffe throughout the English-speaking world". Source: Internet