Sometimes, even with the power of Spirit City life is inherently distracting. It doesn’t help when someone accidentally activates your trap card and all of a sudden you’re forced to watch Diana Damrau sing the Queen of the Night Aria from The Magic Flute. See, the music itself is stellar and obviously a lofty goal for any soprano, but the performance itself is what truly elevates the piece. The music is sweet and light, and full of technical runs, but the words — as bolstered by the staging and costuming and acting — show an absolutely unhinged woman laughing at the thought of forcing her daughter to murder a priest. The daughter is beside herself, weeping, clutching a dagger, while this woman swears vengeance, claims she is wronged, and giggles. It’s goosebumps inducing.
This is The Queue, our daily column where you ask us questions and we’ll get back to the answer part soon we swear.
The local fair is in town! By the time you’ve read this, I’ll have already been on three different days and seen the sights, been to concerts, and eaten terrible(wonderful) food.
So far, I’ve had a grilled cheese and bacon sandwich made out of a maple donut, a street corn-covered jumbo hot dog, giant deep-fried cheese curds, and there are still so many more days to try the avocado ice cream and ramen-rrito and every other wonderful(awful) food crime.
While I try and figure out if deep fried pop-tarts are worth it, it’s time for — The Queue!
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