So that you have this circle of musical influences—the Italians invented opera, the French adapted it, the English adopted it, the Italians took it back.

因此你会看到一个音乐互相影响而形成的环状效应——意大利人发明了歌剧，法国人修改了它，英国人吸收了它，意大利人又带回本国。