Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: quaff (Noun). The act of quaffing, a deep draught. quaff (Verb). To drink or imbibe, especially with vigour. Origin: Attested since the mid 16th century, of uncertain origin. Suggestions include connection with Irish Gaelic cauch (whence Scots quaich, queff). The noun is derived from the verb, since the later 16th century.
The recitative is an outgrowth of the style of performing epic musical poetic works in folk singing. The emergence of the recitative in professional music was associated with the development of opera in the late 16th and early 17th centuries.
Main Image: An opera is a stage performance in which the artist sings in between spoken dialogues. An opera buffa is a comic opera which originated as a series of short funny scenes played between the acts of a serious opera. Comic opera developed its own genre by the 18th century and came to be known as opera buffa. It was an opera with situations taken from everyday life.