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‖ verismo|vɛˈriːzməʊ| [It.] Realism or naturalism in the arts; esp. with reference to Italian opera of the late 19th century. Freq. attrib. Cf. verism.
1908R. Dunstan Cyclopædic Dict. Music 435/1 Verismo, truth, naturalism. 1919G. Kobbé Compl. Opera Bk. 91 What is true of ‘Aida’, is equally applicable to the whole School of Italian versimo [sic] that came after Verdi—Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini. 1940Scrutiny IX. 51 If the opera is too realistic it may be boring... The verismo of the latterday Wagnerians cannot escape this charge. 1954N.Y. Times 28 Dec. (Late City Ed.) 21/1 Gian-Carlo Menotti's ‘The Saint of Bleecker Street’..is Italian ‘verismo’ opera. 1970R. Lowell Notebk. 224 Verismo is no vehicle for Death. 1976Times 23 Jan. 14/8 The movement towards verismo in film and theatre. 1978Ld. Drogheda Double Harness xxi. 289 Unfortunately Colin Anderson himself took against what he dimissed somewhat derisorily as Franco's verismo method. 1983Observer 29 May 33/2 Kiri Te Kanawa, happily back on Mozartian territory after her unhappy excursion into verismo. |