Opera (film)

Opera
Italian theatrical release poster by Renato Casaro
Directed by	Dario Argento
Produced by	Dario Argento Ferdinando Caputo Mario Cecchi Gori Vittorio Cecchi Gori
Screenplay by	Dario Argento
Story by	Dario Argento Franco Ferrini
Starring	Cristina Marsillach Ian Charleson Urbano Barberini Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
Music by	Brian Eno Roger Eno Steel Grave Claudio Simonetti Bill Wyman
Cinematography	Ronnie Taylor
Edited by	Franco Fraticelli
Production company	ADC Films (as ACD Srl) Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica (as Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica Srl) Radiotelevisione Italiana (as RAI Radio Televisione Italiana)
Distributed by	Orion Pictures (United States and Japan)
Release dates	19 December 1987
Running time	107 min.
Country	Italy
Language	Italian English
Budget	$8,000,000 (estimated)

Opera, also known as Terror at the Opera, is a 1987 Italian giallo horror film written and directed by Dario Argento and starring Cristina Marsillach, Urbano Barberini and Ian Charleson. The film's score was composed by Brian Eno and Claudio Simonetti. The film was released in the United States under the title Terror at the Opera.^[1] The film was one of Argento's most commercially successful films, seeing 1,363,912 ticket sales in his native country of Italy.^[2] This is the second Dario Argento horror film to have THX audio certified and picture quality.

Plot

The film centers around young, insecure opera singer Betty (Cristina Marsillach). After the lead in Verdi's Macbeth is injured in a car accident, Betty is reluctantly thrust into the role in the opera. During her first performance, a murder takes place in one of the opera boxes. Mysterious murders continue throughout the film as Betty is stalked and those around her meet their unfortunate end. The killer binds and places tape under Betty's eyelids with needles attached so she is unable to blink, and therefore forced to watch as the murders take place. Meanwhile, Betty continues to have frightening dreams involving a masked person and her mother. During the final performance of the opera the killer is revealed, and Betty must confront her past in a terrifying climax.

Cast

Cristina Marsillach as Betty
Ian Charleson as Marco
Urbano Barberini as Inspector Alan Santini
Daria Nicolodi as Mira
Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni as Giulia
Antonella Vitale as Marion
William McNamara as Stefano
Barbara Cupisti as Signora Albertini

Soundtrack

Title	Performer/Composer	Publisher
"White Dakeness" "Balance" "From the Beginning"	Brian Eno and Roger Eno	By Arrangement with Opal Ltd, London
"Opera" "Craws" "Confusion"	Claudio Simonetti	By Arrangement with BMG Ariola-Walkman SRL
"Opera Theme" "Black Notes"	Bill Wyman and Terry Taylor	By Arrangement with Ripple Music Ltd.
"Knights of the Night" "Steel Grave"	Steel Grave a.k.a. Gow	By Arrangement with Franton Music/Walkman SRL
"No Escape"	Norden Light	By Arrangement with Sonet
"Lady Macbeth ("Vieni t'afretta")	From opera "Macbeth". Composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Performed by Maria Callas.	By Arrangement with Fonit Cetra
"Casta Diva"	From "Norma". Composed by Vincenzo Bellini. Performed by Maria Callas.	By Arrangement with Fonit Cetra
"Amami Alfredo" "Sempre libera"	From "La Traviata". Composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Performed by Maria Callas.	By Arrangement with Fonit Cetra
"Un bel dì vedremo"	From "Madama Butterfly". Composed by Giacomo Puccini. Performed by Mirella Freni.	By Arrangement with PolyGram (as Poligram)
"Macbeth" (excerpt)	Composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Performed by Elizabeth Norberg-Schulz (as Elisabetta Norberg Schulz) soprano, Paola Leolini Soprano, Andrea Piccinni (as Andrea Piccini) Tenor, Michele Pertusi Baritone, with "Arturo Toscanini" Symphonic Orchestra of Emilia and Romagna. Recorded at the Elite Studio of Sermide (MN)

Location

The theater to which refers the movie is the Parma Opera House.^[3]

Critical reception

Opera currently has an approval rating of 83% on movie review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on twelve reviews.^[4] AllMovie called the film "a decent, fairly typical Argento film that is worth watching primarily for its above-average murder sequences."^[5]

References

↑ Legare, Patrick. "Opera - Trailers, Reviews, Synopsis, Showtimes and Cast - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
↑ "Opera (1987) - Box office / business". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
↑ "Dario Argento Makes his Opera Debut, Fittingly, with Verdi's Macbeth". typepad. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
↑ "Opera - Rotten Tomatoes". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
↑ Legare, Patrick. "Opera - Review - AllMovie". AllMovie. Retrieved 24 July 2012.

External links

Opera at the Internet Movie Database
Terror at the Opera at Rotten Tomatoes

Dario Argento

Films directed	The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970) The Cat o' Nine Tails (1971) Four Flies on Grey Velvet (1971) The Five Days (1973) Deep Red (1975) Suspiria (1977) Inferno (1980) Tenebrae (1982) Phenomena (1985) Opera (1987) Two Evil Eyes (1990) Trauma (1993) The Stendhal Syndrome (1996) The Phantom of the Opera (1998) Sleepless (2001) The Card Player (2004) Do You Like Hitchcock? (TV, 2005) Jenifer (TV, 2005) Pelts (TV, 2006) The Mother of Tears (2007) Giallo (2009) Dracula 3D (2012)

Related topics	Door into Darkness The Three Mothers

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

Books	The Phantom of the Opera (1909–1910) Phantom (1990) The Canary Trainer (1993) The Phantom of Manhattan (1999)

Stage adaptations	Phantom of the Opera (1976) The Phantom of the Opera (1986) Phantom (1991) Love Never Dies (2010)

Film and television	The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Song at Midnight (1937) Phantom of the Opera (1943) The Phantom of the Opera (1962) The Phantom of Hollywood (1974) Phantom of the Paradise (1974) Opera (1987) The Phantom of the Opera (1989) Phantom of the Mall: Eric's Revenge (1989) The Phantom of the Opera (1990) The Phantom Lover (1995) The Phantom of the Opera (1998) The Phantom of the Opera (2004) The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)

Characters	Erik Christine Daaé Viscount Raoul de Chagny The Persian Carlotta Madame Giry Meg Giry Joseph Buquet

Songs	"The Phantom of the Opera" "The Music of the Night" "All I Ask of You" "Learn to Be Lonely" "'Til I Hear You Sing"

Other	Don Juan Triumphant Punjab lasso Adaptations Return of the Phantom Palais Garnier

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