An excerpt of the opera "I Pagliacci," by Ruggero Leoncavallo.

"The two operas, I Pagliacci and Cavalleria Rusticana, are two of the most expressive examples of this [Verismo] tendency. Both show all the fundamental characteristics of all verista narrative: the particularized description of places, characters, and landscapes, trying to never miss any important explanation. Your authors use the direct discurse: the use of a simple, popular language, in which are introduced with frequently typical expressions of the dialect of the place where the trama develops." (Luiz Pellegrini)