Music to relax after campaigning: The Queen of the Night's Aria

Tonight's music to relax after campaigning is one of the most beautiful things ever written for the human voice - "Der Holle Rache" from Mozart's "The Magic flute, usually known as the "Queen of the Night's Aria."

I had heard this piece several times before I actually went to see the opera, and because of the speed and range at which the performer has to sing, my German was nowhere near good enough to follow what was actually being said.

It was therefore a terrible shock when I did go to see the opera, and found out!

I've posted here a version without subtitles, so if you want to continue to listen to it as a beautiful piece of music and have no wish to know what the Queen of the Night is singing, you can watch this.



But here is a link to the same thing with German and English subtitles if you do want to know what the words mean.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLlux8ICOfI

Or here is a link to Kenneth Branagh's version of the opera in which Lyubov Petrova sings "The Queen of the Night's Aria" in English

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FCYzv383o

Alternatively here is the Barbie version ...





And don't forget, #SupportOption1

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Vote Labour said…
The conservative party in copeland should hang their heads in shame. They did nothing about the bedroom tax when hard working copeland councillors were out in the cold shivering in protest. What were you doing?

How dare the conservatives and their two faced lies threaten our future. We know exactly what you've been up to. WHILE WE have been fighting for the hospital YOU have been running around with idiots plotting to destroy our area. You wouldent come to our meetings WOULDENT COME councillors were invted many times. When you did not come we were shown why. Now we know you would rather serve the stakeholders of companies than your very own citizens who guard the hospital. Citizenship is a two way process.
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