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131Opéra-ballet — was a popular genre of French Baroque opera, that grew out of the ballets à entrées of the early seventeeth century [1]. It differed from the more elevated tragédie en musique as practised by Jean Baptiste Lully in several ways. It contained more …
132Opéra bouffon — is the French term for the Italian genre of opera called opera buffa performed in 18th century France, either in the original language or in French translation. The term was also used by Offenbach for three of his works: Orphée aux enfers, Le… …
