Oh, well, your earrings, I don't suppose you invented the idea of earrings.

the earrings, the bracelets, the veils,

Every object in the opera comes alive and is a gigantic music instrument, like this chandelier. It takes up the whole stage. It looks like a chandelier, but it's actually a robotic music instrument.

The marble used in the floors is Italian and the chandelier is from Austria.

Your cheeks are beautiful with earrings, your neck with strings of jewels.

We will make you earrings of gold, with studs of silver. Beloved

Gideon said to them, I would make a request of you, that you would give me every man the earrings of his spoil. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)

The bonnets, and the ornaments of the legs, and the headbands, and the tablets, and the earrings,

I put a ring on your nose, and earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown on your head.

And all the people brake off the golden earrings which were in their ears, and brought them unto Aaron.

Even the bracelets that my mother bought to me, and the earrings and the rings, I couldn t be happy with.

And I put a jewel on thy forehead, and earrings in thine ears, and a beautiful crown upon thine head.

They answered, We will willingly give them. They spread a garment, and every man threw the earrings of his spoil into it.

And they answered, We will willingly give them. And they spread a garment, and did cast therein every man the earrings of his prey.

The cartoon depicts a maid presumably Indian, judging by the red bindi on her forehead and gold hoop earrings threatening a toddler after being scolded by her employer.

We have brought Yahweh's offering, what every man has gotten, of jewels of gold, armlets, and bracelets, signet rings, earrings, and necklaces, to make atonement for our souls before Yahweh.

And Aaron said unto them, Break off the golden earrings, which are in the ears of your wives, of your sons, and of your daughters, and bring them unto me.

And they gave unto Jacob all the strange gods which were in their hand, and all their earrings which were in their ears and Jacob hid them under the oak which was by Shechem.

They came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought brooches, earrings, signet rings, and armlets, all jewels of gold even every man who offered an offering of gold to Yahweh.

I will visit on her the days of the Baals, to which she burned incense, when she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, says Yahweh.

We have therefore brought an oblation for the LORD, what every man hath gotten, of jewels of gold, chains, and bracelets, rings, earrings, and tablets, to make an atonement for our souls before the LORD.

And I will visit upon her the days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense to them, and she decked herself with her earrings and her jewels, and she went after her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD.

And they came, both men and women, as many as were willing hearted, and brought bracelets, and earrings, and rings, and tablets, all jewels of gold and every man that offered offered an offering of gold unto the LORD.

And the weight of the golden earrings that he requested was a thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold beside ornaments, and collars, and purple raiment that was on the kings of Midian, and beside the chains that were about their camels' necks.

And then finally, Kelly's play of brilliants attitude, that really some play of the skyline of Hong Kong, or perhaps the chandelier in the opera house, or in the theater here, which is a decoration, the icing on the cake, something playful, something that is just an addition to the architectural environment, I would say.

The weight of the golden earrings that he requested was one thousand and seven hundred shekels of gold, besides the crescents, and the pendants, and the purple clothing that was on the kings of Midian, and besides the chains that were about their camels' necks.

And for us, I mean it's really kind of a very strange thing, but the moments in the hall that the buzz kind of dies down when the audience is waiting for the performance to begin, very similar to the parting of curtains or the raising of a chandelier, the walls will just exude this glow, temporarily stealing attention from the stage.