| Aria | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Robert Altman Bruce Beresford Bill Bryden Jean-Luc Godard Derek Jarman Franc Roddam Nicolas Roeg Ken Russell Charles Sturridge Julien Temple |
| Produced by | Don Boyd |
| Written by | Robert Altman Bruce Beresford Don Boyd Bill Bryden Louis de Cahusac Derek Jarman Philippe Quinault Franc Roddam Nicolas Roeg Ken Russell Charles Sturridge Julien Temple |
| Starring | Theresa Russell Beverly D'Angelo Elizabeth Hurley Bridget Fonda Tilda Swinton |
| Music by | Giuseppe Verdi Gustave Charpentier Giacomo Puccini Erich Wolfgang Korngold |
| Cinematography | Christopher Hughes |
| Editing by | Neil Abrahamson |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
| Release date(s) | September 15, 1987 |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Country |  United Kingdom |
| Language | Italian French German |
| IMDb profile | |
Aria is a 1987 British film produced by Don Boyd from Virgin Group's visual section consisting of ten short films by a variety of directors. Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940 is an Academy Award -nominated Australian film director writer and producer William Campbell Rough Bryden CBE (born 12 April 1942, Greenock, Scotland) is a British stage- and film director and Jean-Luc Godard (French ʒɑ̃lyk gɔˈdaʀ (born on December 3 1930 is a French and Swiss Filmmaker and one of the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague Derek Jarman ( January 31 1942 – February 19 1994) was an English Film director, Stage designer Francis George Roddam (born April 29, 1946, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees) is an English film director and documentary maker Nicolas Jack Roeg, BSC (born August 15, 1928 in London) is an English Cinematographer and Film director. Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born 3 July 1927 is an English Film director. Charles Sturridge (born 24 June 1951) is an English Screenwriter, producer, stage, Television and Julien Temple (born November 26, 1953 in London) is an English film documentary and music video director Don Boyd (born 11 August, 1948 in Nairn, Scotland) is a Scottish Film director, producer and Screenwriter. Louis de Cahusac ( Montauban, 6 April 1706 - Paris, 22 June 1759) was a French playwright and librettist Philippe Quinault ( 3 June 1635 – 26 November 1688) French Dramatist and Librettist, was born in Paris Theresa Russell (born Theresa Paup on 20 March 1957) is an American Actress. Beverly D'Angelo (born November 15 1951 is an American Singer and Actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965 is an English model and former actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -nominated American actress. Katherine Matilda "Tilda" Swinton (born 5 November 1960 is an Academy Award - BAFTA - BAFTA Scotland - and Coppa Volpi award-winning Gustave Charpentier ( June 25, 1860 – February 18, 1956) was a French Composer, best known for his Opera WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 Erich Wolfgang Korngold ( May 29, 1897 &ndash November 29, 1957) was an Academy Award -winning 20th century Film and Events January 31 - The Cure for Insomnia premieres at The School of the Art Institute in Chicago Illinois, to The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Don Boyd (born 11 August, 1948 in Nairn, Scotland) is a Scottish Film director, producer and Screenwriter. Virgin Group Ltd is a branded Venture capital conglomerate of separately run companies that each use the Virgin brand of British business tycoon
Each segment features its director's visual accompaniment to arias and scenes from operas. This article is about the musical term "aria" For other meanings or uses of the word see Aria (disambiguation. Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Each film has minimal dialogue (some none at all), with most of the spoken content being the operas' lyrics (libretto) in Italian, French, or German. A libretto is the text used in an extended Musical work such as an Opera, Operetta, Masque, sacred or secular Oratorio and Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
The music archive source was RCA Records (which at the time included Erato Records, but later that label went to Warner Music; RCA is now a part of Sony BMG, so this film's music rights are complicated). RCA Records (originally The Victor Talking Machine Company, then RCA Victor is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. Erato Records is a Record label founded in 1953 to promote French Classical music. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Sony BMG Music Entertainment is a diverse music and entertainment group
Contents |
The ten segments of the film
Un ballo in maschera
The narrative chronicles the attempted assassination of Albania's King Zog in 1931. Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball, is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. This article is about the country in southern Europe For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Albania topics. Zog I Skanderbeg III of the Albanians ref> (born Ahmet Zogolli, later changed to Ahmet Zogu) (October 8 1895 &ndash April 9 1961 was King
- Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Starring Theresa Russell
"La Vergine Degli Angeli" from La Forza del Destino
Three London teenagers skip school, steal a car and die in a traffic accident. Nicolas Jack Roeg, BSC (born August 15, 1928 in London) is an English Cinematographer and Film director. Theresa Russell (born Theresa Paup on 20 March 1957) is an American Actress. La forza del destino ( The Force of Destiny) is an Italian Opera by Giuseppe Verdi.
- Music composed by Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Charles Sturridge
Armide
A look at French bodybuilders. Charles Sturridge (born 24 June 1951) is an English Screenwriter, producer, stage, Television and Armide is an Opera by Jean-Baptiste Lully. The Libretto was written by Philippe Quinault, based on Torquato Tasso 's
- Music composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Libretto by Philippe Quinault
- Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
- Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Starring Valérie Allain
Rigoletto
At San Luis Obispo's famous Madonna Inn, a movie producer cheats on his wife unaware that she, too, is there with a clandestine lover of her own. Jean-Baptiste de Lully ( Giovanni Battista di Lulli) (ʒɑ̃batist də lyˈli in French (November 28 1632 &ndash March 22 1687 was a French Composer of Italian Philippe Quinault ( 3 June 1635 – 26 November 1688) French Dramatist and Librettist, was born in Paris Philippe Knight Herreweghe (Born May 2 1947 in Ghent) is a Belgian conductor. Jean-Luc Godard (French ʒɑ̃lyk gɔˈdaʀ (born on December 3 1930 is a French and Swiss Filmmaker and one of the founding members of the Nouvelle Vague Valérie Allain is a French actress She is best known for her role as "Mireille" in the 1987 instructional television series French in Action Rigoletto is an Opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi. The Italian Libretto was written by Francesco Maria Piave based San Luis Obispo (sænˈluːɪs əˈbɪspoʊ Spanish for St Louis the Bishop) is a city in California, located roughly midway between San Francisco The Madonna Inn is a Motel of flamboyant style in San Luis Obispo California. Finally, both philanderers are revealed to each other via security-camera footage.
- Music by Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Julien Temple
- Starring Buck Henry and Beverly D'Angelo
Die Tote Stadt
A look at the seemingly-dead city of Bruges, Belgium. Julien Temple (born November 26, 1953 in London) is an English film documentary and music video director Henry Zuckerman better known as Buck Henry (born December 9 1930 is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor, Writer, Beverly D'Angelo (born November 15 1951 is an American Singer and Actress, perhaps best known for her roles as Ellen Griswold in the National Lampoon's Die tote Stadt ( German: The Dead City) is an Opera in three acts by Erich Wolfgang Korngold. Bruges (Brugge is the capital and largest city of the province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium. A beautiful virgin is stripped naked by her lover and, after she expresses her affection for him, she loses her virginity to him.
- Music composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Sung by Carol Neblett and René Kollo
- Directed by Bruce Beresford
- Starring Elizabeth Hurley
Abaris ou les Boréades
A re-creation of opening night at Paris's Ranelagh Theater, in 1734. Erich Wolfgang Korngold ( May 29, 1897 &ndash November 29, 1957) was an Academy Award -winning 20th century Film and Carol Neblett (born February 1, 1946, in Modesto, California is an American operatic soprano René Kollo (born November 20, 1937) is a German Tenor. He was born René Kollodzieyski in Berlin and grew up in Wyk auf Bruce Beresford (born 16 August 1940 is an Academy Award -nominated Australian film director writer and producer Elizabeth Jane Hurley (born 10 June 1965 is an English model and former actress who became known as a girlfriend of Hugh Grant in the 1990s Les Boréades ( The Descendants of Boreas) or Abaris is an opera in five acts by Jean-Philippe Rameau. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city The audience is filled with a raffish (and, perhaps, diseased) assortment of lowlifes and the decadent.
- Music composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Libretto by Louis de Cahusac
- Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
- Directed by Robert Altman
- Starring Julie Hagerty, Geneviève Page, Sandrine Dumas, Chris Campion
"Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde
Two young lovers arrive in Las Vegas. Jean-Philippe Rameau (ʒɑ̃filip ʀaˈmo in French (September 25 1683 – September 12 1764 was one of the most important French Composers and music theorists Louis de Cahusac ( Montauban, 6 April 1706 - Paris, 22 June 1759) was a French playwright and librettist Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE FKC (born April 20, 1943, Fontmell Magna, Dorset Robert Bernard Altman (February 20 1925 – November 20 2006 was an American Film director known for making films that are highly naturalistic, but with Julie Hagerty (born June 15, 1955) is an American stage screen and Television actress and model Geneviève Page (born Geneviève Bronjean, December 13, 1930, in Paris, France) is a leading French actress with a film career spanning Sandrine Dumas (born 28 April 1963) is a French film actress Dumas was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine. Tristan und Isolde ( Tristan and Isolde, or Tristan and Isolda) is an Opera, or Music drama, in three acts by Richard Wagner Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally After driving down Glitter Gulch, they check into a cheap hotel room. There they make love and, after that, commit suicide.
- Music composed by Richard Wagner
- Sung by Birgit Nilsson
- Directed by Franc Roddam
- Starring Bridget Fonda, in her first "credited" film role. Birgit Nilsson ( May 17, 1918 &ndash December 25, 2005) was a Swedish Dramatic soprano who specialized in operatic Francis George Roddam (born April 29, 1946, Norton, Stockton-on-Tees) is an English film director and documentary maker Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an Emmy - and Golden Globe Award -nominated American actress.
"Nessun dorma" from Turandot
A lovely young girl imagines her body is being adorned by jewels until she wakes up in an operating room, where she is receiving emergency care after a car crash. Nessun dorma (English edition None shall sleep tonight) is an Aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini 's Opera Turandot is an Opera in three acts by Giacomo Puccini, set to a Libretto in Italian by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni
- Music composed by Giacomo Puccini
- Sung by Jussi Björling
- Directed by Ken Russell
- Starring Linzi Drew
"Depuis le Jour" from Louise
A veteran opera singer gives her final performance, intercut by 8mm home movies of an early love affair. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini ( December 22, 1858 WikipediaWikiProject Opera#Infoboxes --> Johan Jonatan (sometimes spelled as "Bjoerling" in English-language sources ( 5 Henry Kenneth Alfred Russell, known as Ken Russell (born 3 July 1927 is an English Film director. Linzi Drew (born 1 January 1959) is a former English Glamour model and actress Louise is an Opera in four acts by Gustave Charpentier to an original French Libretto by the composer
- Music composed by Gustave Charpentier
- Sung by Leontyne Price
- Directed by Derek Jarman
- Starring Tilda Swinton
"Vesti la Giubba" from I Pagliacci
A has-been virtuoso remembers his happier days while arriving at an opera house, visiting the dressing room, and performing the aria for his audience of one. Gustave Charpentier ( June 25, 1860 – February 18, 1956) was a French Composer, best known for his Opera Mary Violet Leontyne Price (born February 10, 1927) is an American Opera singer ( Soprano) Derek Jarman ( January 31 1942 – February 19 1994) was an English Film director, Stage designer Katherine Matilda "Tilda" Swinton (born 5 November 1960 is an Academy Award - BAFTA - BAFTA Scotland - and Coppa Volpi award-winning Pagliacci ( Players, or Clowns) is an Opera consisting of a prologue and two acts written and composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo. (This story provides a framework for the rest of the movie. )
- Music composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo
- Directed by Bill Bryden
- Written by Don Boyd
- Starring John Hurt and Sophie Ward
External links
- Aria at the Internet Movie Database
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