With [[Giacomo Puccini]] and [[Pietro Mascagni]] he wrote in a style called ''“verismo”'' (reality) – operas that often featured the seedy side of life, and whose characters were usually lower class, or were immoral or brutal. | With [[Giacomo Puccini]] and [[Pietro Mascagni]] he wrote in a style called ''“verismo”'' (reality) – operas that often featured the seedy side of life, and whose characters were usually lower class, or were immoral or brutal. |