Synonyms: Опера-буффа, Opera bouffe, Opera bouffon
"Comic opera. Usually 2 acts and lower voices than in opera seria. Changes: the importance given to stage action and the consequent need for the music to follow the changes of the drama, emphasising the expressiveness of the words, the choice of singers who were also excellent actors able to perform the drama convincingly, a reduction in the use of scenery and stage machinery and in the number of orchestral players, the use of a small cast of characters (at least in the short form of comic opera known as the intermezzo) and simple plots, a good example being Pergolesi's La serva padrona, libretti inspired by commedia dell'arte, with realistic subjects, colloquial language and slang expressions, as far as singing was concerned: the complete rejection of vocal virtuosity; a tendency to an incorrect pronunciation of the words; the frequent presence of rhythmic and melodic tics; the use of onomatopoiea and interjections." Mozart - Don Giovanni - 01-Ouverture Mozart - Don Giovanni - 02-Notte e giorno faticar Mozart - Don Giovanni - 03-Ah! del padre in periglio
