Is Sir Gawain and the Green Knight an Opera buffa?
Opera buffa Opera buffa (] ; plural: "opere buffe"; Italian for "comic opera") is a genre of opera. It was first used as an informal description of Italian comic operas variously classified by their authors as "commedia in musica", "commedia per musica", "dramma bernesco", "dramma comico", "divertimento giocoso".
Opera in English The history of opera in the English language commences in the 17th century.