"The man in the coffin may well have been living in a substantial Roman villa estate somewhere around Trafalgar Square - a big country house maybe with a little village, even, associated with it, " he said.
One source of mine pointed out the irony of the White House vilifying big insurers, and then passing a bill that empowers them to consolidate the little guys like Principal.
If you miss out, the opera is telecast on big screens outside the opera house in April, May, June and September, so you can catch as little or as much of the performance as you wish.