Give me Wagner every time. Verdi...ehh.
Well, since you mention it, Wagner would have been the pitcher and Verdi the catcher. That said, Verdi’s SANCTUS from the Requiem is pretty Wagnerian. And we can never forget the day Giuseppe asked: “do you spell your name with a V, Mr. Wagner?”
Wagner is fine. After all, he did invent the theme song. But Verdi’s music shakes the soul to its very foundations.