Learning on ScreenOpera
- Alternative title
- Terror at the Opera
- Synopsis
- Feature film. In this giallo a young opera singer, Betty (Marsillach) gets her big chance to sing Lady Macbeth when the previous star of an avant garde production of Verdi’s Macbeth breaks her leg. Convinced the opera is bad luck she accepts, and becomes the target of a psychopath - a man she has been dreaming of since childhood - who forces her to watch the brutal killing of his victims. Several scenes from Verdi’s opera are included and there are references to the curse of the play.
- Language
- Italian (Standard)
- Country
- Italy
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1987
- Duration
- 95 mins; 2900 feet
Credits
- Director
- Dario Argento
- Producer
- Dario Argento
- Cinematographer
- Ronnie Taylor
- Screenplay
- Dario Argento
- Music
- Giuseppe Verdi
- Production Design
- Davide Basson
- Cast
Michele Pertusi singing voice (Macbeth) Elizabeth Norberg-Schultz singing voice (Lady Macbeth) Cristina Marsiliach Betty Ian Charleson Marco
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Macbeth
- Keywords
- opera; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); horror films
Notes
- Notes
- CONDUCTING DARIO ARGENTO’S ‘OPERA’, a 36min documentary about the making of the film, and including comment from the director, is included in the Limited Edition DVD 2001 release.
- General
- Original music by Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Danial Lanois, Claudio Simonetti and Bill Wyman.
- Reviews
- Michael Sevastakis ‘Music, Murder and Macbeth’ in Kineoeye (Vol.2 no 12, 24 June 2002).
Production Company
Online Retailer
- Name
sendit.com
- care@sendit.com
- Web
- http://www.sendit.com/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- 0845 045 102
- Fax
- 028 9043 0460
- Address
- Unit 2
42 The Cutts
Dunmurry
Belfast
BT2 8ED
Northern Ireland - Notes
- Formerly known as ‘Blackstar’.
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