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There is some controversy about its provenance: some point to the self-interested work of {{Buchstein}}’s life-long antagonist {{jerrold}}, anxious to boost his consultancy fees. | There is some controversy about its provenance: some point to the self-interested work of {{Buchstein}}’s life-long antagonist {{jerrold}}, anxious to boost his consultancy fees. | ||
===Synopsis=== | |||
It is Venice in the 1890s. The mercantile markets are in disarray: there are brigands on the Silk Road, pirates around the Barbary Coast, and the arrival of bankers from the new world is threatening the profitability of the Venetian families. Queen [[Provocatoria Presuntuosa|Provocatoria]], head of the Presuntuosa family of Padua, summons a council of her closest advisors. Times are tough, she announces. She will hand over control of the family’s fortunes to whomsoever can demonstrate their strategy for adapting to the new environment. | |||
The Queen’s inner circle comprises: [[Complicatio]], who is responsible for the books and records; [[Ingraziatore]], who looks after the firm’s best [[senior relationship manager|clients]] [[Norma Regolamenti]], who is in charge of compliance, and the hapless [[Triago]] the [[general counsel]]. | |||
===Highlights=== | |||
Most famous rousing aria, accompanied by the string section playing “piccolini” — literally, “tiny violins”; shortened violin-type instruments specially-designed by {{buchstein}} for this opera<ref>An idea later taken up by, among others, Wagner, who invented his own “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_tuba Wagner Tuba]” for the Ring.</ref> — comes when Prepostero, senior managing partner of [[magic circle law firm|Magic Circle]] firm ''Slaughter Cowards Later'' stands upon a white cliff overlooking jagged rocks of the tempestuous ocean between Albion and the New World, shaking his fists and wailing into the chasm: | Most famous rousing aria, accompanied by the string section playing “piccolini” — literally, “tiny violins”; shortened violin-type instruments specially-designed by {{buchstein}} for this opera<ref>An idea later taken up by, among others, Wagner, who invented his own “[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner_tuba Wagner Tuba]” for the Ring.</ref> — comes when Prepostero, senior managing partner of [[magic circle law firm|Magic Circle]] firm ''Slaughter Cowards Later'' stands upon a white cliff overlooking jagged rocks of the tempestuous ocean between Albion and the New World, shaking his fists and wailing into the chasm: | ||