{"id":7573,"date":"2023-10-27T17:05:49","date_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=7573"},"modified":"2023-10-27T17:08:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-27T22:08:37","slug":"a-most-universal-theme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/?p=7573","title":{"rendered":"A Most Universal Theme"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I just realized &#8211; <em><strong>The Queen of the Night Aria<\/strong><\/em> probably represents the most universal of human experiences: a teenage girl has her mom down to her <em>very last nerve<\/em>. [<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/qiWmiEDmoxE?si=hSCFkawzGimDZPcZ\" target=\"_blank\">watch on YouTube<\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_165.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"844\" height=\"680\" data-id=\"7576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_165.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_165.jpg 844w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_165-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_165-768x619.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 844px) 100vw, 844px\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_174.jpg 894w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_174-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_174-768x651.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 894px) 100vw, 894px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Avoid eye contact at all costs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Elena Mo\u0219uc<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Soprano Elena Mo\u0219uc plays the queen.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elena_Mo%C8%99uc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"474\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_180.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7591\" style=\"width:600px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_180.png 788w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_180-300x180.png 300w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_180-768x462.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How &#8217;bout this for keeping the dream alive!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elena_Mo%C8%99uc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_180dream.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_180dream.png 540w, https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/irl_231026_180dream-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ms. Mo\u0219uc sings at the Zurich Opera House.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Z%C3%BCrich_Opera_House\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Operahaus_Zurich_31943376567-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7594\" style=\"object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wlbott.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Operahaus_Zurich_31943376567-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, 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