This screenshot motivational poster is Pro-Nocturn. Furthermore, this is my contribution to this year’s Red Ribbon Reviewers’ month.
It may very well be the opera fan in me singing to the high heavens, but when I saw Nocturn grace the small screen on Danny Phantom as a fifteen-year-old high-schooler, my opera-loving mind figured that he was the lovechild of Klingsor from Wagner’s Parsifal and The Queen of the Night or Die Königin der Nacht from Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. It could not be farther from the truth, as Klingsor and the Queen are both villains of their respective operas and Nocturn is also one of the many villains present in Danny Phantom’s rogues’ gallery.
I have enjoyed watching Nocturn on the screen because of how he was able to use his dark powers to give his victims endless nightmares. Moreover, he is one of my style icons. That long, flowing nocturnal robe as well as that magnificent design is definitely a great sight to behold and he is visual orgasm incarnate.
As for my whole lovechild of Klingsor and the Queen of the Night, since Klingsor and the Queen of the Night have always been my favorite operatic villains, especially when one has a Klingsor as menacingly virile as Hermann Uhde and a Queen of the Night as terrifyingly glacial as Cristina Deutekom doing magnificent work in their respective signature roles. Though Nocturn would take after the Queen of the Night’s style and spells, he would take after Klingsor’s baritone voice thanks to David Garrett’s sinuous portrayal of this sorcerer.
If you opera fans agree with me on this, please let me know in the comments below. I hope you enjoyed this and I will see you in the next submission. Take care, stay safe, and Happy Holidays, everybody.
Nocturn from Danny Phantom belongs to Butch Hartman and Nickelodeon.
