verismo

[ vuh-riz-moh; Italian ve-reez-maw ]

noun
  1. the use of everyday life and actions in artistic works: introduced into opera in the early 1900s in reaction to contemporary conventions, which were seen as artificial and untruthful.

Origin of verismo

1
1905–10; <Italian: realism, equivalent to ver(o) true (<Latin vērus) + -ismo-ism

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British Dictionary definitions for verismo

verismo

/ (vɛˈrɪzməʊ, Italian veˈrismo) /


noun
  1. music a school of composition that originated in Italian opera towards the end of the 19th century, drawing its themes from real life and emphasizing naturalistic elements. Its chief exponent was Puccini

Origin of verismo

1
C19: from Italian; see verism

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