I used to work for an opera company, and one of my duties was writing synopses for operas. I enjoyed it, and I soon warmed to the glorious stylistic traditions of the genre. Where else, but in an opera synopsis, do you find words like “lascivious,” “impugns” or “absconds”? And thanks to my years of experience, the following synopsis for a yet-to-be composed opera pretty much wrote itself:
Don Trumpo, ossia il tiranno arancione – an opera in three acts.
Don Trumpo, ossia il tiranno arancione – an opera in three acts.
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