Opera After Verdi, the sentimental "realistic" melodrama of verismo appeared in Italy. This was a style introduced by Pietro Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana" and Ruggero Leoncavallo's "Pagliacci" that came to dominate the world's opera stages with such popular works as Giacomo Puccini's "La bohème", "Tosca", and "Madama Butterfly". Later Italian composers, such as Berio and Nono, have experimented with modernism. The first German opera was "Dafne", composed by Heinrich Schütz in 1627, but the music score has not survived. Italian opera held a great sway over German-speaking countries until the late 18th century. Nevertheless, native forms would develop in spite of this
France–Japan relations (19th century) interest in the arts and culture. The French writer Pierre Loti wrote one of his most famous novels "Madame Chrysanthème" (1887) based on his encounter with a young Japanese woman during a month,a precursor to "Madame Butterfly" and "Miss Saigon" and a work that is a combination of narrative and travelog. Another famous Frenchman who visited Japan was Émile Étienne Guimet, who wrote extensively on Asian cultures and Japan in particular, and would create the Guimet Museum upon his return. France–Japan relations (19th century) The development of France-Japan relations in the 19th century coincided with Japan's opening to the Western