Giacomo Puccini line. "Verismo" is a style of Italian opera that began in 1890 with the first performance of Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana", peaked in the early 1900s, and lingered into the 1920s. The style is distinguished by realistic – sometimes sordid or violent – depictions of everyday life, especially the life of the contemporary lower classes. It by and large rejects the historical or mythical subjects associated with Romanticism. "Cavalleria rusticana", "Pagliacci", and "Andrea Chénier" are uniformly considered to be "verismo" operas. Puccini's career as a composer is almost entirely coincident in time with the "verismo" movement. Only his "Le Villi" and
Blagica Pop Tomova Summer, Skopje cultural Summer, Ohrid cultural Summer, first performance of Wagner with Macedonian Philharmonic - conductor Tim Tchashel, 7 December 1998, 28 May 1999. She debuted at Macedonian opera scene at 27 May Opera Evenings with the small role of Ines in the opera Trovatore. In 2001, she became a member of the Macedonian Opera and Ballet with leading roles in the operas "Cavalleria Rusticana", "Carmen", "Tosca" and "Turandot". She has since appeared in the major roles of Santuca in "Cavalleria Rusticana", Mikaela in "Carmen", Tosca in "Tosca", Madame Glavari in "Merry Widow", Liu in "Turandot", Dona Ana in "Don