 No, not an alternative. I'm glad you asked the question. Oh, that's how I took it. I took it as, you can't take opera. Well, that's what I thought, too. But then he starts describing how they brought in the sexier, bolder, deeper instrument. No, it's because you have larger forces in opera, so you needed a louder instrument, basically. A louder, bigger instrument. So for much of its life, the lute, and especially the theorbo, was made to accompany singers.