Composer of the Week - Verismo
Donald Macleod is joined by Italian opera expert Roger Parker to explore the influence of verismo - a mode of realism - in opera, from Verdi to the present day
Composer of the Week - Verismo - Episode 1
Donald Macleod explores how verismo first came about in the 1870s, a period when composers were keen to break away from the operatic conventions of the past.
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Composer of the Week - Verismo - Episode 2
Verismo: 2/5. Donald Macleod explores the influence of Mascagni's opera Cavalleria rusticana, a work featuring rivalry and infidelity, that has been cited as a watershed of verismo.
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Composer of the Week - Verismo - Episode 3
Donald Macleod explores stories of love, revolution and socialist realism in operas from Mascagni, Catalani, Giordano and Puccini.
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Composer of the Week - Verismo - Episode 4
Donald Macleod considers whether the experience of flight to the cities during the post-unification years in Italy informed works like Puccini's La boheme.
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Composer of the Week - Verismo - Episode 5
Donald Macleod on how composers like Puccini responded to the artistic currents prevailing at the beginning of the 20th century and how elements of verismo spread beyond Italy.
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