... and why?
2007-09-07 13:26:46 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Classical
the only way I can answer question like these is to imagine I will only be able to listen to one or the other never both ... then it becomes clear .....
Verdi .... wider range of emotions and style from the early works to the later ...... a growth that would enchant and fascinate longer than Puccini
2007-09-08 03:02:33 · answer #1 · answered by toutvas bien 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm going to have to go "low brow" and say Puccini. If for no other reason than the arias. He just wrote some fantastic solo parts - especially when teamed up with Giacosa and Illica.
2007-09-07 16:15:10 · answer #2 · answered by Malcolm D 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Puccini.. Turandot. Although there is a version of Turandot that appears in Paul Hindemith's "Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Carl Maria Von Weber" that is exceptional.
2007-09-08 04:16:30 · answer #3 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Puccini...Tosca...Turandot... La Boheim
although I love Rigaletto...La Traviatta too
2007-09-07 14:16:34 · answer #4 · answered by Chicken Dude..Vinster 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In general, Puccini ...I like the orchestration, the colors .... I find it his harmonies droll for The star Spangled Banner in "Butterfly" .... it will never be the same for me! and because some of the arias are really beautiful ... and I like his writing for men's voices:::.the arias and ensembles in Boheme, especially in the first act ... and I like the mise-en-scene,.very pretty:::Boheme, Butterfly ...only trouble being that he was a bit of a roue' and I can't forget that, especially remembering the photograph of his wife and the clothes wringer....and not really wondering why he strayed ...she really was not very pretty but he was handsome indeed! so that worries me ..I wish I could just *forget* it !!!!
I find Verdi a little dry, musically, although I feel like a rat in saying so ....I think he was a love, with his farm, his beloved Strepponi......and "Aida" really is a great pomp..... and how can I omit "Falstaff"?? I think had he gone to conservatory, he would have been a little more colorful ... His operas are very grim, a little short on glamour, as is his Requiem.... I think his music speaks of deprivation of adequate educational background and experience, and consequent lack of respect from the musical establishment of the day.....but maybe I am wrong ....
2007-09-08 13:29:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Verdi by far. I love his "sweeps", and am a great fan of his early operas right through to the later ones.
I adore bel canto - Bellini, Donizetti...
Since hearing of Luciano Pavarotti's death (a great light in the world has been extinguished), I've been listening to some of his great arias.
2007-09-08 00:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Puccini, because he wrote more romantic pieces. Verdi doesn't seem lyrical to me. I also DETEST operas, so Puccini is better for me, for his pieces are expressive enough to be performed WITHOUT all the stuff ( without the action).
2007-09-07 13:36:16 · answer #7 · answered by sting 4 · 2⤊ 3⤋
Something about the way Puccini accompanies his melodies -- the straightforward and earnest melodies being doubled so thickly by the orchestra, versus the tiresome "oom pah oom pah" Verdi accompaniments -- just makes me prefer Pucinni.
Opera Verismo!!
2007-09-07 17:21:08 · answer #8 · answered by glinzek 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Puccini!
and why?.............it is a fun word to say!
and in reality I am more familiar and I just like Puccini more.
Peace.
2007-09-07 13:33:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Puccini's arias are melodic and easy to hum - they have an everlasting appeal.
2007-09-07 16:43:23 · answer #10 · answered by Tangerine 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋