Queen of the Night may refer to:

Botany

* Queen of the night,

Night-blooming cereus Night-blooming cereus is the common name referring to a large number of flowering ceroid cacti that bloom at night. The flowers are short lived, and some of these species, such as ''Selenicereus grandiflorus'', bloom only once a year, for a s ...

, several genera and species of cactus, especially: ** ''

Epiphyllum oxypetalum ''Epiphyllum oxypetalum'', the Dutchman's pipe cactus, princess of the night or queen of the night, is a species of cactus. It blooms nocturnally, and its flowers wilt before dawn. Though it is sometimes referred to as a night-blooming cereus, it ...

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Selenicereus grandiflorus ''Selenicereus grandiflorus'' is a cactus species originating from the Antilles, Mexico and Central America. The species is commonly referred to as queen of the night, night-blooming cereus (though these two terms are also used for other speci ...

'' * Queen of the night, ''

Cestrum nocturnum ''Cestrum nocturnum'', the lady of the night, night-blooming jasmine, night-blooming jessamine, night-scented jessamine, night-scented cestrum or poisonberry, is a species of plant in the potato family Solanaceae. It is native to the West Indies, ...

'', a woody evergreen commonly known as night-blooming cestrum *Reina de la noche ("queen of the night" in Spanish), ''

Brugmansia ''Brugmansia'' is a genus of seven species of flowering plants in the nightshade family Solanaceae. They are woody trees or shrubs, with pendulous flowers, and have no spines on their fruit. Their large, fragrant flowers give them their common n ...

'', also called angel's trumpet

Archaeology

* Queen of the Night Relief, formerly known as the

Burney Relief The Burney Relief (also known as the Queen of the Night relief) is a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in high relief of the Isin-Larsa period or Old- Babylonian period, depicting a winged, nude, goddess-like figure with bird's talons, flanked by ...

, a Mesopotamian terracotta plaque in the British Museum, who adopted the new name in 2003

Film, television, and theater

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The Queen of the Night ''The Queen of the Night'' ( es, La reina de la noche) is a 1994 Mexican drama film directed by Arturo Ripstein. It was entered into the 1994 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Lucha Reyes * Alberto Estrella as Pedro Cald ...

'', a 1994 Mexican film * ''

La Femme d'une nuit ''La Femme d'une nuit'' ("The woman of one night") is a 1931 French drama film directed by Marcel L'Herbier. It was made simultaneously with Italian and German versions of the same story, which were however not only in different languages but i ...

'', a 1931 French film * ''Queen of the Night'' (1931 German-language film) (''Königin einer Nacht''), a 1931 German film * ''Queen of the Night'' (1931 Italian-language film) (''La donna di una notte''), a 1931 Italian film * ''Queen of the Night'' (1951 film), a West German musical film * ''Queen of the Night'' (2001 film) (''Kraljica noći''), a Croatian film * ''Queen of the Night'' (2013 film), a South Korean film * ''Queen of the Night'' (2014 film), Canadian film released as ''The Captive'' * ''Queen of the Night'', a 2013 immersive theater production at

Sony Hall Sony Hall is a concert venue operated by Blue Note Entertainment Group located on West 46th Street in the Theater District, Manhattan, New York City. Like many theaters in NYC, it has served many functions since its opening in 1938. Located in t ...

Literature

* ''Queen of the Night'', a novel by

Alexander Chee Alexander Chee (born August 21, 1967) is an American fiction writer, poet, journalist and reviewer. Born in Rhode Island, he spent his childhood in South Korea, Kauai, Chuuk Lagoon, Truk, Guam and Maine. He attended Wesleyan University and the I ...

Music

* Queen of the Night, or , a major character in the 1791 Mozart opera ''

The Magic Flute ''The Magic Flute'' (German: , ), K. 620, is an opera in two acts by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a ''Singspiel'', a popular form during the time it was written that inclu ...

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Queen of the Night aria "" ("Hell's vengeance boils in my heart"), commonly abbreviated "", is an aria sung by the Queen of the Night, a coloratura soprano part, in the second act of Mozart's opera ''The Magic Flute'' ('). It depicts a fit of vengeful rage in which the ...

" ("") * ''Queen of the Night'' (Maggie Bell album) * ''Queen of the Night'' (Loleatta Holloway album), 1978 * "Queen of the Night" (song), a 1993 single by Whitney Houston * "Queen of the Night", a song by Angra from their EP ''Freedom Call'' * "Queen of the Night", a song by Lovex from their 2011 album '' Watch Out!'' {{disambiguation, plants