Verismo

Word VERISMO
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Verism. noun

An artistic movement of the late 1800s, originating in Italy and influential especially in grand opera, marked by the use of rural characters and common, everyday themes often treated in a melodramatic manner. noun

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 noun

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

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The word "verismo" in example sentences

The new style was called verismo, and Puccini was among its finest practitioners. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Montemezzi (1875-1952) was an Italian composer of the so-called verismo school, its music characterized by sumptuous Wagnerian orchestral writing, and an integration of broad melodies with declamation suggesting the rhythm of Italian speech. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Puccini was one of the first composers, in fact, to set operas about the lives of ordinary people - the narrative and compositional style called "verismo," or realism. ❋ Elena Maria Vidal (2009)

Masterpieces of the "verismo" ( "realism") movement in 1890s Italian opera, both works expose a palette of "raw colors that get the heart and blood pumping fast," Yang says.

The libretto of Doctor Atomic was greeted by a torrent of criticism in the press for its unusual use of both natural language (as lifted from primary sources, like letters and biographies) and poetry, as well as a perceived lack of "verismo" in some of the arias. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It's a wonderfully pithy example of Puccini's skill as a dramatic composer, ranging from the stark verismo tragedy of Tabarro, through the tear-jerking drama of Angelica to the wonderfully engineered comedy of Schicchi. ❋ Unknown (2011)

It's set in 1910, and is in the realistically grim tradition of verismo opera. ❋ Paul Levy (2011)

His is almost a verismo Sachs, an odd description, perhaps, given that word's association with the harsh realism of later Italian opera. ❋ Unknown (2012)

Williams, as the grand, 18th-century actress of the title, and Bishop, as the Principessa di Bouillon -- Adriana's competition for the affections of the Saxon count, Maurizio -- both possess the richness and vibrancy of voice to really sell the blood-and-guts verismo style of Cilea's writing. ❋ Joe Banno (2010)

Pag cleverly uses a commedia dell'arte troupe to enact a verismo tragedy. ❋ Unknown (2011)

At the end of the 19th century, Italian opera renewed itself under the battle-cry of verismo, adopting a realistic approach to subject matter and treatment: Puccini (1858-1924) represented this tradition at its most diverse and accomplished, producing works such as La Bohème (1896), Tosca (1900, pictured right), and Madama Butterfly (1904), whose popularity remains undiminished. ❋ Unknown (2011)

In recent years those specialities have included Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur, Ponchielli's La Gioconda and Montemezzi's L'Amore di Tre Re; there's a definite bias towards 19th-century Italian repertory and verismo works in particular. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I will say that Viviani sounded good although Filianoti infused his performance with a rather verismo sounding bark that was distracting. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Lucy Shelton was the soprano, singing with a text-driven timbral variety that ran the gamut from whispered Sprechstimme to soaring verismo; Christoph Altstaedt conducted. ❋ Matthew Guerrieri (2008)

Opera Holland Park, whose new Francesca is the last staging of another ambitious season, has a gift for grubbing out Italian verismo truffles from the turn of the 20th century. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Conductor Antony Walker played up the verismo qualities of the score rather than its subtleties. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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