verismo
noun
ve·ris·mo
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Definition of verismo
: verism
also
: realism sense 3
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Synonyms for verismo
Synonyms
literalism, naturalism, realism, representationalism, verisimilitude
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Examples of verismo in a Sentence
the author of this crime novel uses profuse profanity in the name of verismo, but its effectiveness palls after a couple of chapters
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Influenced by French literary circles, the Italian verismo movement considered the real world worth representing. — Christy Thomas, Detroit Free Press, "Opera and cultural change: Understanding the “verismo” of Tosca," 4 Apr. 2018 Perhaps the Met carefully planned this deep dive into verismo, that blood-and-guts, heart-on-sleeve, homicidally inclined genre of Italian potboiler that flourished around the turn of the 20th century. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "Review: Met Opera’s Dreary January Is Brightened by ‘Cav/Pag’," 9 Jan. 2018 Dr. Contino, who specialized in the visceral, unsentimental realism of Italian verismo opera, was also a music professor and vocal coach, but was best known as an acclaimed conductor. — Sam Roberts, New York Times, "Fiora Corradetti Contino, Opera Maestra, Dies at 91," 15 Mar. 2017 There was hardly any Puccini, there was hardly any bel canto and no verismo. — Colleen Barry, The Seattle Times, "Conductor Riccardo Chailly to celebrate 40 years at La Scala," 31 May 2017 In the decades after the composer’s death in 1901, performances of Verdi’s operas began to fester with the most aggressive excesses of the verismo style that was gaining steam in his final years. — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, "Review: Riccardo Muti, the King of Verdi, Still Rules With a Firm Baton," 22 Apr. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'verismo.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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