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Encyclopedia: Verismo

Verismo was an Italian literary movement born approximately between 1875 and 1895. It was mainly inspired by French naturalism, and Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana were its main exponents and writers of a verismo manifesto. Unlike French Naturalism, that was based on positivistic ideals, Verga and Capuana rejected claims of scientific nature and social usefulness of the movement. Italian verists were pessimistic, and based their work on the premise of impersonality, meaning that the writer should not impose any personal meaning or point of view to his works, which should seem as if 'written by themselves'.

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How to say "Verismo" in other languages:

	(Japanese)	ヴェリズモ・オペラ
	(German)	Verismus
	(Spanish)	Verismo
	(French)	Vérisme
	(Italian)	Verismo (letteratura)

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Louise (opera)

Louise is an opera by Gustave Charpentier, with libretto by the composer. It premiered on 2 February, 1900 at the Opéra-Comique. The opera attempted to depict Parisian working-class life, and is sometimes considered an early example of verismo opera. It tells the story of the ill-fated love...

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Angela Gheorghiu

Opera singer Angela Gheorghiu (born September 7, 1965) is one of the most famous contemporary sopranos. A fiery and intense stage actress, Gheorghiu has a particular affinity for the operas of Verdi and Puccini, as well as the verismo school. She also performs and records the music of her native...

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Tito Gobbi

canto voice and his talent for verismo (portraying reality in opera). In the 1960s he was involved in...

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Gustave Charpentier

working-class life, it is sometimes considered an early example of verismo opera. The premiere of Louise...

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Italian neorealism

end of 19th century, in Italy best known by the verismo , notably for Giovanni Verga's works. Most...

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Giacomo Puccini

romantic operas ever composed. His next opera, Tosca, was Puccini's first foray into verismo. Madame...

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Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District (opera)

driven to murder. The work incorporates elements of expressionism and verismo. After being condemned...

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Romantic music

took on a more important role. Towards the end of the Romantic period, verismo opera, depicting... Italian verismo opera composer ( La Bohème , Tosca , Madame Butterfly ) Eugene Ysaÿe (1858 - 1931...

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Opera

" melodramas of verismo operas, a style perpetuated in the well-known, popular operas of Giacomo Puccini...

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