Opera Favourites at the Movies
Archived: 2024/2025Overview
Lights, camera, action… opera goes to Hollywood.
Opera, with its catchy melodies and hummable choruses, is the perfect accompaniment to any life event and, in the movies, there are no shortage of moments to enhance.
From Apocalypse Now, embark on a dangerous journey with the infamous Ride of the Valkyries by Wagner (Die Walküre), experience the rise and fall of The House of Gucci with Rossini’s exhilarating and energetic Largo al Factotum (The Barber of Seville), join James Bond on his mission in Quantum of Solace with Puccini’s epically profound Te Deum (Tosca) and more. Opera has officially transcended the operatic stage and gone mainstream!
Whether an opera enthusiast or curious to give it a go, take a seat and join us on an unforgettable night of opera favourites from the movies.
Orff O Fortuna from Carmina Burana (Excalibur, 1981)
Verdi Act 1 Prelude & Brindisi from La traviata (A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1999)
Verdi È strano!...Ah fors’è lui...Sempre libera from La traviata (Pretty Woman, 1990)
Verdi Anvil Chorus from Il trovatore (Babe: Pig in the City, 1998; A Night at the Opera, 1931)
Mozart Soave sia il vento from Così fan tutte (Sunday Bloody Sunday, 1971; My Left Foot (1990)
Rossini Largo al factotum from The Barber of Seville (Mrs Doubtfire, 1993; The House of Gucci (2021)
Catalani Ebben? Ne andrò lontana from La Wally (Diva, 1981)
Puccini Act 1 Finale Te Deum from Tosca (Quantum of Solace, 2008)
INTERVAL
Wagner Ride of the Valkyries from Die Walküre (Apocalypse Now, 1979)
Dvorák Song to the Moon from Rusalka (Driving Miss Daisy, 1989)
Bizet Toreador Song Votre Toast from Carmen (Babe, 1995)
Rossini Galop from the Overture to William Tell (A Clockwork Orange, 1971; Twister, 1996; theme tune to The Lone Ranger)
Mozart Sull’aria...Che soave zeffiretto from The Marriage of Figaro (The Shawshank Redemption, 1994)
Verdi Va, pensiero Chorus from Nabucco (The Color of Money, 1986)
Giordano La Mamma Morta from Andrea Chénier (Philadelphia, 1993)
Sullivan Three Little Maids from School Are We from The Mikado (Chariots of Fire, 1981)
Bernstein Make Our Garden Grow from Candide (Maestro, 2023)
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