any opera?

Ben17 wrote:
>
> god, can't u be more sarcastic.

Watch me. :-)

> I say Verdi's requiem is an
> opera because musically its not written like a requiem.

What is it written like? A piano sonata?

> As you know Verdi's requiem is acussed for being more operatic
> than being a archetypal requiem. I'm telling this in the
> sense of music not what it really is.

That makes it so much clearer, thank you.

> Now tell me, is mikado
> an opera or a musical? it was an opera yet its more known as
> musical nowadays; why? it has dialogues;

Well actually it is an operetta. And the only reason why its confused with being a musical is because some people are plebs. The Magic Flute (a singspiel) is an opera that has dialogue. Does that make it a musical too? Therefore Verdi's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, Faure's Requiem, Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem, etc are just that - requiem, a mass for the dead. Musically or dramatically, it is still written as a mass.

> And sorry but i dont really like that rude way of
> replying. ITs fine if you have an ego of a soprano or a
> spoiled tenor but at least you have respect and duh! verdi's
> requiem is a requiem and i know its a requiem thats why i
> call it as an opera. Geez i thought people who have
> experience in these stuff understand this joke but well;
> guess u dont.

Whatever. I don't want to be "acussed" of anything. hehe