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Feb. 16th, 2018 10:14 pm31 days until the Vernal Equinox
Anyways, the plot to the Magic Flute is this, because I didn't bother to sum it up when I last saw it: Three Ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save Tamino from a snake, and Papageno, the birdcatcher, takes credit for it, and the Ladies punish him by dumping water on his head and giving him a stone to eat and sticking something in his mouth so he can't speak, and tell Tamino to rescue the Queen's daughter from Sarastro, King of Day, and give him the titular Magic Flute along with a box of wish-granting chimes. Tamino learns that the Queen of the Night is evil, not Sarastro. Tamino joins the brotherhood and the Queen gives Pamina a dagger with which she is to murder Sarastro. Monostatos tries to blackmail her, and Sarastro sends him away. Papageno struggles with his vow of silence and meets an old woman in frumpy clothing, and she vanishes. Papageno is like "I'm not cut out for this life of an aesthete. Just give me wine and a clone of myself to love." Pamina and Tamino face the trials of water and fire, and the spirits tell Papageno to just wish for Papagena with the magic bells and that he doesn't have to hang himself with a comically oversized noose. They plan their life together and plan to make many many little Papageni. Papagenoi. Papagenes. Whatever. The Queen of the Night and her ladies and Monostatos attack the temple but the sun rises, banishing the darkness of superstition and ignorance.
The booklet implied a sort of Chinese theme to it, but the only thing Asian about it was the fact that some of the singers and musicians were Korean or Chinese.
The Queen of the Night's three attendant ladies wore nocturnal oceanic teal dresses with motifs of constellations and spirals and had matching hair in braids, the Queen herself wore a similar dress and a cape bedight in LEDs with a collar of black fur and a crown of silver. Papageno wore a coat with pheasant feathers on it. Sarastro wore red clothes under a golden paisley coat and a fake beard over his very youthful face. I think he was in the Consul, in which his youthful looks contrasted with his deep voice and only served to make him more intimidating. I'd dig out the booklet but because the heat isn't (wasn't; I got sidetracked in between Wednesday morning and today) working, I really can't be fucked to do so. Just remind me when it's July. I did learn something important: going into a cache of a page that requires a password only gets you stuck in an endless loop and you have to quit the browser. Remember: the internet is forever, except when it isn't. Men and women in black hats, black clothing, and black leather gloves held a snake monster made from books and woodland creatures (foxes, bunnies, a buck, a flock of birds, a pair of owls) made from sheets of paper with text on them. I assume they're printouts of the Torah, as the booklet has this in it: Knowledge can be described as both fire– enlightening or incendiary, and water– thirst-quenching or flood-like. The Torah is described in Jewish tradition as both black fire on white fire, and simply as water. Both of these elements, fire and water, can be either life-sustaining or destructive. It's given to us to wisely employ knowledge for the betterment of the world. Enjoy the show.
The spirits wore robes and scarves of matinal saffron, scarlet, and goldenrod. It was hard to tell if they were part of a youth program because the scarves hid their faces.
Monostatos has a dueling scar on his face and wore a tricorn hat.
The opera, he says, is an opera about the Enlightenment and a product of the Enlightenment.
Sometimes Mozart would write a complicated and difficult piece of music for someone he hated or for someone whose talent he wanted to show off. On the other hand, Sarastro's songs are very simple because it's hard to find a good bass-baritone on the fly.
It was very impressive for a school production, but then again, said school is one of the most prestigious music schools in the world.
A woman with a fern necklace said that Andris Nelsons does not look like the picture of him in real life.
Sarah has purple hair and silver rings and has a glyph of some sort tattooed on her hand and works with acrylic paints. I'm not sure what Madison's into because she was busy reading.
There was a guy with a Dr. Who scarf and a woman whose coat reminded me of Rachael from Blade Runner. Jessica has short hair.
So, uh, Google got rid of View Image on their search. I probably wouldn't have noticed if nobody pointed it out to me. But it's really annoying when I search for an image and the website updated in between the time Google sent out their search robots and the time I searched for the image. It's especially true with blogs. And I'd say it's especially especially true with Tumblr except I don't think Google and Tumblr get along.
burning question: do big companies just brainstorm how to make things worse?
Anyways, the plot to the Magic Flute is this, because I didn't bother to sum it up when I last saw it: Three Ladies in the service of the Queen of the Night save Tamino from a snake, and Papageno, the birdcatcher, takes credit for it, and the Ladies punish him by dumping water on his head and giving him a stone to eat and sticking something in his mouth so he can't speak, and tell Tamino to rescue the Queen's daughter from Sarastro, King of Day, and give him the titular Magic Flute along with a box of wish-granting chimes. Tamino learns that the Queen of the Night is evil, not Sarastro. Tamino joins the brotherhood and the Queen gives Pamina a dagger with which she is to murder Sarastro. Monostatos tries to blackmail her, and Sarastro sends him away. Papageno struggles with his vow of silence and meets an old woman in frumpy clothing, and she vanishes. Papageno is like "I'm not cut out for this life of an aesthete. Just give me wine and a clone of myself to love." Pamina and Tamino face the trials of water and fire, and the spirits tell Papageno to just wish for Papagena with the magic bells and that he doesn't have to hang himself with a comically oversized noose. They plan their life together and plan to make many many little Papageni. Papagenoi. Papagenes. Whatever. The Queen of the Night and her ladies and Monostatos attack the temple but the sun rises, banishing the darkness of superstition and ignorance.
The booklet implied a sort of Chinese theme to it, but the only thing Asian about it was the fact that some of the singers and musicians were Korean or Chinese.
The Queen of the Night's three attendant ladies wore nocturnal oceanic teal dresses with motifs of constellations and spirals and had matching hair in braids, the Queen herself wore a similar dress and a cape bedight in LEDs with a collar of black fur and a crown of silver. Papageno wore a coat with pheasant feathers on it. Sarastro wore red clothes under a golden paisley coat and a fake beard over his very youthful face. I think he was in the Consul, in which his youthful looks contrasted with his deep voice and only served to make him more intimidating. I'd dig out the booklet but because the heat isn't (wasn't; I got sidetracked in between Wednesday morning and today) working, I really can't be fucked to do so. Just remind me when it's July. I did learn something important: going into a cache of a page that requires a password only gets you stuck in an endless loop and you have to quit the browser. Remember: the internet is forever, except when it isn't. Men and women in black hats, black clothing, and black leather gloves held a snake monster made from books and woodland creatures (foxes, bunnies, a buck, a flock of birds, a pair of owls) made from sheets of paper with text on them. I assume they're printouts of the Torah, as the booklet has this in it: Knowledge can be described as both fire– enlightening or incendiary, and water– thirst-quenching or flood-like. The Torah is described in Jewish tradition as both black fire on white fire, and simply as water. Both of these elements, fire and water, can be either life-sustaining or destructive. It's given to us to wisely employ knowledge for the betterment of the world. Enjoy the show.
The spirits wore robes and scarves of matinal saffron, scarlet, and goldenrod. It was hard to tell if they were part of a youth program because the scarves hid their faces.
Monostatos has a dueling scar on his face and wore a tricorn hat.
The opera, he says, is an opera about the Enlightenment and a product of the Enlightenment.
Sometimes Mozart would write a complicated and difficult piece of music for someone he hated or for someone whose talent he wanted to show off. On the other hand, Sarastro's songs are very simple because it's hard to find a good bass-baritone on the fly.
It was very impressive for a school production, but then again, said school is one of the most prestigious music schools in the world.
A woman with a fern necklace said that Andris Nelsons does not look like the picture of him in real life.
Sarah has purple hair and silver rings and has a glyph of some sort tattooed on her hand and works with acrylic paints. I'm not sure what Madison's into because she was busy reading.
There was a guy with a Dr. Who scarf and a woman whose coat reminded me of Rachael from Blade Runner. Jessica has short hair.
So, uh, Google got rid of View Image on their search. I probably wouldn't have noticed if nobody pointed it out to me. But it's really annoying when I search for an image and the website updated in between the time Google sent out their search robots and the time I searched for the image. It's especially true with blogs. And I'd say it's especially especially true with Tumblr except I don't think Google and Tumblr get along.
burning question: do big companies just brainstorm how to make things worse?
