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verismo (uncountable)
An artistic movement, from 19th-century Italian literature and opera, in which rural and everyday people and themes were treated in an often melodramatic manner
Magee (1988) 54; Grey (2008) 228–9 The Italian form of operatic realism known as verismo owed much to the Wagnerian concept of musical form. Source: Internet
Dean places Bizet's realism in a different category from the verismo of Puccini and others; he likens the composer to Mozart and Verdi in his ability to engage his audiences with the emotions and sufferings of his characters. Source: Internet
By the time of his death, verismo was the accepted style of young Italian composers. sfn The New York Metropolitan Opera frequently staged Rigoletto, Trovatore and Traviata during this period and featured Aida in every season from 1898 to 1945. Source: Internet
An 8 ounce cup of regular Starbuck brewed coffee delivers 180mg of caffeine, so Verismo is significantly less. Source: Internet
Later commentators have asserted that Carmen forms the bridge between the tradition of opéra comique and the realism or verismo that characterised late 19th-century Italian opera. Source: Internet
Cavalleria rusticana, Pagliacci, and Andrea Chénier are uniformly considered to be verismo operas. Source: Internet