Yes_Indeed

So the entertainment industry is still trying to push you into the closet?

I'm pretty sure they were both started by the same person, unless I misread his statement at the top. He's not stealing someone else's idea.

Not OP, but I love Tales of Hoffman as a starter opera. It's a nice mix of just about everything, comedy, drama, big technical showstoppers, more subdued but stunning pieces, fun songs that'll get stuck in your head, etc. If you don't find anything you like in that opera, opera's probably just not your thing.

And it has one of my favorite songs in any medium:

https://youtu.be/0u0M4CMq7uI

You're clearly not familiar with all the dog whistles.

Beethoven was a deep state extraterrestrial who composed telepathic brain control codes into his symphonies. Only listen while wearing a tin foil hat lest you become one of his zombies as well.