Verismo
POST-ROMANTIC OPERATIC GENRE HAD ITS ORIGINS IN AN ITALIAN LITERARY MOVEMENT OF THE SAME NAME
Verismo opera; Verismo (music)
In opera, verismo (, from , meaning "true") was a post-Romantic operatic tradition associated with Italian composers such as Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Francesco Cilea and Giacomo Puccini.