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Opéra bouffe
French - 19th century
Comic genre of opérette including satire, parody and farce.
French operetta, closely associated with Jacques Offenbach, who produced many of them at the Théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens that gave its name to the form.

Notable composers: Offenbach, Hervé, Lecocq
Operas
M. Choufleuri restera chez lui le . . . (Offenbach) FR - 1861 1*
Composers
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) 3*
Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842) 1*
Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880) 1*
Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894)
Francis Poulenc (1899-1963)
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