| It was said of the performers that Rossi and Rosa Manservisi were specially suited for opera buffa. |
| So he gave him a contract to write three operas, one of which was to be an opera buffa, and to be ready in the following autumn. |
| Still, how good the play was: glowing quick connecting, with zero cheap opera buffa playacting. |
| The following year, he wrote the opera buffa La finta semplice in three months, and a comic opera, Bastien and Bastienne. |
| The strict line of demarcation between opera seria and buffa did not exist in Paris. |
| The trouble with Orpheus is its new libretto, which seemed determined to turn this charming opera buffa into a crude opera boffola. |
