Chiara took Florence and Oona to the opera last night and I went along.\u00c2\u00a0 We saw The Marriage of Figaro, a comedy with the score by Mozart and the libretto by Lorenzo Da Ponte.\u00c2\u00a0 It was first preformed in 1786 and it’s sad that media representations of gender have changed very little since then.\u00c2\u00a0 From a scene in the last act of the opera where Figaro suspects his new wife of meeting another man for an illicit nightime rendevous:<\/p>\n
Just open your eyes,
\nYou rash and foolish men,
\nAnd look at these women;
\nSee them as they are,
\nThese goddesses, so called
\nBy the intoxicated senses,
\nTo whom feeble reason
\nOffers tribute.
\nThey are witches who cast spells
\nFor our torment,
\nSirens who sing
\nFor our confusion,
\nNight owls who fascinate
\nTo pluck us,
\nComets who dazzle
\nTo deprive us of light.
\nThey are thorned roses,
\nAlluring vixens,
\nSmiling she-bears,
\nMalign doves,
\nMasters of deceit,
\nFriends of distress
\nWho cheat and lie,
\nWho feel no love
\nAnd have no pity.
\nThe rest I need not say,
\nFor eveyone knows it already.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nYou can also listen to an mp3 of the aria<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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