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The category "opera oratorios" is bunk; If a work is an oratorio, it's an oratorio, it it's an opera, it's an opera. If we all want to think of oratorio as a sub-category of opera, that's fabulous, but I feel the extra categorization is superfluous and clutters things.

Fred 18:19, 29 April 2007 (UTC) reply

Sorry for my haste the other day... after a conversation with another editor I came to realize that I was acting rather hastily and unilaterally... I'll bring this up over on Wikipedia:WikiProject Opera but for now it's back. Sorry, all! Fred 04:51, 2 May 2007 (UTC) reply

Among the 'friendly projects' we usually avoid multiple bannering. In this case it's difficult because the composer really did mean it to be half opera and half oratorio. I suggest we leave primary care to 'Contemporary music' and remove the Opera and Classical music banners. OK? -- Kleinzach ( talk) 08:04, 18 April 2008 (UTC) reply