'''Giacomo Puccini''' (1858 – 1924) was an [[Italian]] [[composer]].
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'''Giacomo Puccini''' (1858 – 1924) was an [[Italian]] [[composer]] who wrote in a style called “verismo” (reality); the operatic equivalent of the writings of the [[French]] novelist, [[Emile Zola]] with plots that tended to concentrate on unpleasant realities, quite often with unpleasant characters.
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In this, he is like [[Pietro Mascagni]] and [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]].
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Like [[Pietro Mascagni]] and [[Ruggero Leoncavallo]], Puccini wrote in a style called “verismo” (reality); the operatic equivalent of the writings of the [[French]] novelist, [[Emile Zola]] with plots that tended to concentrate on unpleasant realities, quite often with unpleasant characters.