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Verismo

Italian - Late 19th and early 20th century

Opera movement inspired by naturalism and realism literary.

Associated with Italian post-romanticism. Notable composers: Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Puccini, Giordano

Operas

Cavalleria rusticana (Mascagni) - 1890

Pagliacci (Leoncavallo) - 1892

Tosca (Puccini) - 1900

Composers

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)

Ruggero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)

Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945)

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