Buffo
With the term Buffo (it. Buffo , dt. Funny funny) is called in opera and operetta those Tenor ( Tenorbuffo ) or bass ( basso buffo ), rare baritone , which in the particular piece because of its role for the comedy "responsible" is .
properties
Buffi are often characters or types that are exaggerated to the point of caricature , and whose gestures , facial expressions and costumes alone are intended to make the audience laugh. Depending on the regional staging , the buffo - in contrast to the actual libretto - is often given a local allusion in the mouth. Also grammelot Bonds are commonly found. A buffo does not usually have the vocal brilliance of a singer in the lyrical or heroic field, but his acting ability can be greater under certain circumstances. Buffalo roles are therefore seldom main or hero roles, but mostly servants, henchmen or the like, who either save their master / friend with their smartness from tricky situations or bring him into them with their loquacity.
The female subject corresponding to the buffo is called a soubrette and is sung by a soprano .
Buffalo rolls (selection)
Opera
- Pergolesi , La serva padrona : Uberto, bass
- Grétry , Zémire et Azor : Ali, tenor
- Martín y Soler , L'arbore di Diana : Doristo, bass
- Mozart , The Abduction from the Seraglio : Pedrillo, tenor
- Mozart, Le nozze di Figaro : Bartolo, bass
- Mozart, Don Giovanni : Leporello, bass
- Mozart, Così fan tutte : Don Alfonso, bass
- Mozart, The Magic Flute : Papageno, baritone
- Rossini , L'italiana in Algeri : Mustafà, Bass; Taddeo, bass
- Rossini, Il turco in Italia : Selim, bass; Don Geronio, bass
- Rossini, Il barbiere di Siviglia ( The Barber of Seville ): Figaro, baritone
- Rossini, La Cenerentola : Don Magnifico, bass
- Rossini, Il viaggio a Reims : Don Profondo, bass; Barone di Trombonok, bass
- Donizetti , L'elisir d'amore : Dulcamara, baritone
- Donizetti, Don Pasquale : Don Pasquale, bass
- Verdi , La forza del destino : Fra Melitone, bass
- Smetana , Prodaná nevěsta ( The Bartered Bride ): Vašek (Wenceslas), tenor
operetta
- Strauss , Die Fledermaus : Dr. Blind, tenor / baritone
- Strauss, One Night in Venice : Pappacoda, tenor / baritone
- Strauss, The Gypsy Baron : Koloman Zsupán, Bass
- Strauss, Wiener Blut : Josef, tenor / baritone
- Lehár , The Tsarevich : Ivan, tenor
- Kálmán , Countess Mariza : Baron Koloman Zsupán, tenor / baritone
- Benatzky , Im Weiße Rössl : Sigismund, Bass
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Knaur: The German Dictionary, Lexigraphisches Institut München, 1985, page 234
- ↑ Buffo. Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 3. Leipzig 1905, pp. 571-572 (digitized on Zeno.org ).