verismo

thumb|Giacomo Puccini, one of the composers most closely associated with verismo. thumb|Cavelleria Rusticana, considered the first Verismo opera thumb|Pagliacci is a famous Verismo opera

In opera, , 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.