any opera?

whats the difference between a tenor and a chainsaw?
U can always stop a chainsaw.

When i mention verdi's 'requiem' as an opera; am i not 'obvious enough'? geez.

And well im not going to argue a lot. To find a fault of others is easy but to find own fault is hard; hence i appologise and regret that i have intention of helping someone to find great events happening in perth.

Since the end of renaissance; masses and requiems are not really used for liturgical purpose; thats why i think its more operatic. Obviously early church music never allows instruments like brass, timpanis and many other strings. Why do people do requiem in concert halls while there is no one dying? hence requiem or mass of the dead lose its purpose. Hence we cant call it a mere requiem; requiems that arent performed for its original purpose cant be seen as requiems; but a concert; or for a great operatic composer like verdi, his requiem should be seen as semi operatic or even oratorio because requiem arent supposed to be composed that way; requiem is like britney spears top of the chart music. Just because things follow the structure of requiem, requiem aeternam... dies iraes... offertorie..sanctus..libera me.. etc doesnt mean that one is a requiem. real requiems and real masses died along with the birth of protestantism.