Verdi vs. Wagner

Started by Bulldog, February 28, 2012, 12:45:54 PM

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Which composer do you prefer?

Verdi
11 (55%)
Wagner
9 (45%)

Total Members Voted: 19

Voting closed: March 04, 2012, 12:45:54 PM

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Bulldog

February 28, 2012, 12:45:54 PM
My vote goes to Wagner. 

There is no cop-out banana option.

Leon

#1
February 28, 2012, 12:48:06 PM
Verdi gets my vote, as he would over all composers of opera with the exception, possibly, of Mozart.

:)

Lisztianwagner

#2
February 28, 2012, 12:51:51 PM
 :)
I voted for Wagner, it was beyond doubt.
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

PaulR

#3
February 28, 2012, 12:53:04 PM
Verdi

Ataraxia

#4
February 28, 2012, 01:07:46 PM
POW! Take that, Wagner!  ;)

Sergeant Rock

#5
February 28, 2012, 01:17:02 PM
   VERDI
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

springrite

#6
February 28, 2012, 01:20:16 PM
This is gonna get violent...
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Bulldog

#8
February 28, 2012, 01:23:41 PM
It looks like we must have many Italian voters. :D

Sergeant Rock

#9
February 28, 2012, 01:24:55 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on February 28, 2012, 01:23:41 PM
It looks like we must have many Italian voters. :D

The Mafia has this poll rigged!

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

springrite

#10
February 28, 2012, 01:28:18 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on February 28, 2012, 01:23:41 PM
It looks like we must have many Italian voters. :D

Ich bin Italiener!
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

DieNacht

#11
February 28, 2012, 01:35:19 PM
I thought that this must be the easiest poll ever, voted - and then saw the result   :o

springrite

#12
February 28, 2012, 01:35:35 PM
Quote from: springrite on February 28, 2012, 01:28:18 PM
Ich bin Italiener!

OK, so I'm not really sure if that is even remotely decent German...
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.

Lisztianwagner

#13
February 28, 2012, 01:38:35 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on February 28, 2012, 01:23:41 PM
It looks like we must have many Italian voters. :D

I'm Italian, but I voted for Wagner; I don't like Verdi's music, apart from the Requiem.
"You cannot expect the Form before the Idea, for they will come into being together." - Arnold Schönberg

Sergeant Rock

#14
February 28, 2012, 01:44:34 PM
Quote from: springrite on February 28, 2012, 01:35:35 PM
OK, so I'm not really sure if that is even remotely decent German...

It's correct...well, it would be if you weren't Chinese  :D

Sarge
the phone rings and somebody says,
"hey, they made a movie about
Mahler, you ought to go see it.
he was as f*cked-up as you are."
                               --Charles Bukowski, "Mahler"

nico1616

#15
February 28, 2012, 01:53:25 PM
I like both, but acknowlegde there are serious flaws in both their works.
Verdi can be superficial, Wagner can be pretentious and overtly long >:(

I voted for Verdi because it easier for me to get emotionally involved in the music of humans of flesh and blood like Aida, Elisabetta de Valois and Otello than to relate to the dwarfs, swanriders and Walhalla-gods in Wagners world   ;)
The first half of life is spent in longing for the second, the second half in regretting the first.

DavidW

#16
February 28, 2012, 02:08:48 PM
I prefer Verdi.  Both are great of course.

Bulldog

#17
February 28, 2012, 02:18:59 PM
Quote from: nico1616 on February 28, 2012, 01:53:25 PM
I like both, but acknowlegde there are serious flaws in both their works.
Verdi can be superficial, Wagner can be pretentious and overtly long >:(

I voted for Verdi because it easier for me to get emotionally involved in the music of humans of flesh and blood like Aida, Elisabetta de Valois and Otello than to relate to the dwarfs, swanriders and Walhalla-gods in Wagners world   ;)

There are flaws in this poll, so it all works out fine.

Concerning dwarfs, they always get a bad rap.  However, I think they're great for story-telling and funny jokes. 8)

Bulldog

#18
February 28, 2012, 02:21:05 PM
Where's Karl?  Although I don't have a banana to offer him, I'm sure he has a supply of them at hand.

springrite

#19
February 28, 2012, 02:25:02 PM
Quote from: Bulldog on February 28, 2012, 02:21:05 PM
Where's Karl?  Although I don't have a banana to offer him, I'm sure he has a supply of them at hand.

He would simply pound (the top of) the table which only proves that he's no dwarf.
Do what I must do, and let what must happen happen.
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