Opera buffa has comic elements, while opera is strictly dramatic.
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Opera Seria is a serious or tragic opera, and Opera Buffa is a comic opera. Other than that there are more differences between operas of different periods than between the serious and the comic operas.
Opera Buffa is a comedic opera.Opera Seria is a serious opera.One is "serious" (seria)or dramatic opera, while the other has "comic" touches (buffa) and is lighter in style.
less grandiose than grand opera
Opera buffa was about real people. The music acompanying it was light and humerous.
18th century comic opera