{"id":2312,"date":"2015-12-10T21:14:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T21:14:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/?p=2312"},"modified":"2015-12-10T21:14:38","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T21:14:38","slug":"put-the-boot-into-opera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/12\/put-the-boot-into-opera\/","title":{"rendered":"Put the boot into Opera"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t remember the last time there was anything new in opera. It seems a long time since an opera promoted revolution, like Fidelio.<br \/>\nWe should have one act operas that portray riots or a boxing match, a bank robbery or a drug deal.<br \/>\nMake opera real.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t remember the last time there was anything new in opera. It seems a long time since an opera promoted revolution, like Fidelio. We should have one act operas that portray riots or a boxing match, a bank robbery &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2015\/12\/put-the-boot-into-opera\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3Wm4j-Bi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":963,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2012\/11\/httrack-one-of-the-top-ten-browsers-on-the-internet\/","url_meta":{"origin":2312,"position":0},"title":"Httrack One of the top Ten Browsers on the Internet?","author":"taxicle","date":"November 30, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"According to my own server statistics, httrack which is a website downloader - I actually use this program - is a top browser, above opera and android browser, accounting for 6% off all the hits on this website.","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1413,"url":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2013\/07\/complete-waste-of-rime-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":2312,"position":1},"title":"Complete waste of time","author":"taxicle","date":"July 18, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Am at the free bp screening of Tosca live from the royal opera house in Trafalgar square and frankly we can't see a thing. 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