It makes humans human. After we’ve dug ourselves out of this obscene opera buffa or grotesque clown ballet (take your pick), there will be more art to make and see. So, to paraphrase the British ...

and arguably the greatest masterwork of the Italian opera buffa (comic opera) genre, Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville.) The First Cello Concerto of Camille Saint-Saens, featuring ...

L’opérette naît au début du 19e siècle, de deux courants, l’opéra-comique et l’opéra-bouffe, explique Joëlle Charlier, chanteuse, mezzo-soprano, familière des opérettes. C’est ainsi, grâce à ce savant ...