The Movies Go To The Opera: Great Operatic Melodies featured in [Soundtrack]

Various Artists - Soundtracks (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Angel Records
• ASIN: B000002SQ3
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,269 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. bel di (as used in the film Fatal Attraction)

2. Con onor muore (Death of Butterfly) (as used in the film Fatal Attracti

3. Nessun dorma (as used in the film The Witches of Eastwick)

4. Viens, Malika...Dôme épais (as used in the film Someone To Watch Over M

5. Quando m'en vo (Musetta's Waltz Song) (as used in the film Moonstruck)

6. Addio...D'onde lieta usci (Mimi's Farewell) (as used in the film Moonst

7. Una voce poco fa (as used in the film Dark Eyes)

8. Ride of the Valkyries (as used in the film Apocalypse Now) [From Apocal

9. Overture (as used in the film Jean de Florette, Manon of the Spring) [F

10. Ebben? Ne andrò lontano (as used in the film Diva) [From Diva]

11. Au fond du temple saint (as used in the film Gallipoli) [From Gallipoli

12. Sola, perduta e abbandonata (as used in the film Hannah And Her Sisters

13. Firenze è come un albero fiorito (as used in the film A Room With A Vie

14. O mio babbino caro (as used in the film A Room With A View)

15. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (as used in the film A Room With A View)

16. Intermezzo (as used in the film Raging Bull) [From Raging Bull]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For The Non-Classical Non-Opera Fiend, March 20, 2001

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carol irvin "carol irvin" (United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Movies Go To The Opera: Great Operatic Melodies featured in (Audio CD)

I only listen to opera and classical music every once in awhile. I discovered this recording, however, and found my most favorite opera recording of all time. I think the reason for this is that I don't know opera well enough to appreciate any opera's entire score. It would be like buying a Broadway show album when you only knew and liked one tune in the whole show. Wasted. All of these selections I know, however, because they were each the crowning moment of its opera. Further, the filmmakers who chose these pieces chose them for movies that I typically love. I've never played this for anyone who didn't like it. I did, however, mention it to a music professor one time who was appalled that anyone would buy a "best of" compilation when they could own every single opera in its entirety instead. He was fiend of a different nature.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've worn out my first copy., October 18, 1999

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Marjorie Parent-Greenman - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Movies Go To The Opera: Great Operatic Melodies featured in (Audio CD)

This is a wonderful collection. No matter how many times I listen to it, I get something different from it. For me the most beautiful and awe inspiring is the Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana). It brings tears to my eyes it is so beautiful.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I am replacing a damaged copy of this CD. I must have it., June 2, 1999

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Wanda Cornelius [e-mail] (Oak Park IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Movies Go To The Opera: Great Operatic Melodies featured in (Audio CD)

Movies notwithstanding, this CD offers a wonderful introduction to opera for the newcomer. It also contains sterling performances of the arias by well known artists. Nessun Dorma and Au Fond du Temps are my special favorites. I highly reccommend it to all opera lovers and all would be opera fans.