[ who knew decades of schmoozing every other court official for a paycheck in his first life would equip him with the skills needed to keep ancient kings from incinerating him on the spot in his second?

mostly. ]

Oh, opera is only an evolution of those forms. [ evolution, he says. frank. ] An opera can be a comedy, tragedy, seria or buffa, or any number of genres. The difference being that the stories are told entirely through music. Powerful music, at that. ... At least, when I'm involved.