Hello all! On the blog today- THE OPERA! My thoughts on the opera? I have many. Confusing, long winded, entertaining, and mesmerizing. So, this week we all had the honor of attending a true Italian opera, except in German. Yes. The opera we attended in Florence, Italy, was entirely in German. However, there were English subtitles!!! A dream! Otherwise, I probably would not have kept up with the context of the opera. Anyways, the opera we attended was The Flying Dutchman. I know what you’re thinking, “from Spongebob!?” and the answer is no, even though that’s what we all were thinking about for the entirety of the performance. Nonetheless, I truly believe the infamous cartoon character is based off of this opera. A quick debrief or the story: So, this sailor is you know, sailing, and
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