17.It was a tradition at Leonardo's bar and grill, an hour before closing time, a waiter would sing a selection of ridiculously depressing Italian arias.
19.But the tingling sublimity which we feel in the Queen of the Night’s aria no longer reflects a yearning for order, but a sense of our littleness in the face of immensity.
20.The operagoers who went to the Met on Tuesday evening were transported back to a grand operatic vision of ancient Egypt, with soaring arias and choruses telling a story of doomed love and divided loyalties.