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Opera buffa was first informally used to refer to Italian comic operas, which were distinctive by their everyday settings, local dialects and the simplicity of the vocal composition. In order to fully understand opera buffa, it must be placed within its chronological context, regarding operatic development. Opera buffa was a reaction against the extravagance and often excessive wantonness of the opera seria form. Opera buffa endeavoured to revise opera so that the everyman could relate to it, so that opera was not limited to the ranks of aristocracy, so that the sufferings, the joys, the l...
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