And you being a Verdi fan, no less.

How was I supposed to know that Verdi was actually following history?? :) (no, seriously, whenever you or mildred is like "so this thing happened in real life that's actually in the libretto" I'm like, "really??")

and one of the reasons of his success was that he was disliked, admired and befriended by different great people in such a way that his fame could not fail to spread.

hahahahahaha!

Axel von Fersen! :(((((((((( geeeesh.