Don't get me wrong...I love the more romantic Verdi and never tire of listening to his magical music.
Leni
The difference between them can be summed up by the great Italian conductor Toscanini who was hearing a performance of Wagner’s ‘Tristan und Isolde’ and, during the lengthy love duet in Act 2, turned to his wife and said “See if they were Italian they would have seven kids by now but they’re German so they keep talking about it...”