"Buffo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... way of being musical—that is to say, a famous pianist had been engaged to let off a lot of rockets from his finger-tips, and a buffo singer from the opera roared out his "Figaro la, Figaro qua," with all the strength of his brazen lungs; while one or two gifted amateurs sang glees in washed-out, apologetical accents, which were nearly lost in the ...
— The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood • Arthur Griffiths |
