verismo
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of verismo
1905–10; < Italian: realism, equivalent to ver ( o ) true (< Latin vērus ) + -ismo -ism
Example Sentences
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It is verismo without the melodrama, a knowing soundtrack for how goodness is found in the quotidian.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2024
Some Stamos fans may enjoy this kind of Malibu verismo, but I found myself repeatedly looking floorward in search of a dog to pet.
From New York Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
“Verdi has been for years and years, has been performed like a sort of parody of the verismo, like a bad Puccini,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 24, 2022
The audience was so excited after this that she also sang the second one, “Acerba voluttà” from Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur,” showing Italianate verismo fire, and power to spare.
From Washington Post ● May 5, 2019
At the first I listened to some of the hot-blooded music of an Italian composer of the so-called school of verismo.
From A Book of Operas Their Histories, Their Plots, and Their Music by Henry Edward Krehbiel
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