queen of the night

Noun

Meaning

tropical American climbing cactus having triangular branches; often cultivated for its large showy night-blooming flowers followed by yellow red-streaked fruits

Alternative names

queen-of-the-night

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Examples

German-language opera main The Queen of the Night in an 1815 production of Mozart's Die Zauberflöte The first German opera was Dafne, composed by Heinrich Schütz in 1627, but the music score has not survived. Source: Internet

He faints, and three ladies, attendants of the Queen of the Night, appear and kill the serpent. Source: Internet

In the opera the Queen of the Night persuades Prince Tamino to rescue her daughter Pamina from captivity under the high priest Sarastro; instead, he learns the high ideals of Sarastro's community and seeks to join it. Source: Internet

For the origin of this duet, see Emanuel Schikaneder Scene change without interrupting the music, to Scene 9: A rocky landscape outside the temple; night The traitorous Monostatos appears with the Queen of the Night and her three ladies. Source: Internet

His second novel, The Queen of the Night, is forthcoming from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. Source: Internet

The bestselling author of "The Queen of the Night" joins us to talk about his new book, and the tricky relationship between a writer's life and work. Source: Internet

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