Friday, June 22, 2007

Opera in the Moooovies



Speaking of opera, remember this scene from Philadelphia? One of my favorites from all of moviedom:

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(Don'tcha just love youtube?!?!? What a wonderful thing on the internets!)

I've listened to this aria without Tom Hanks' character's narraration, and it wasn't as moving. It's the combination of the story (this character's story, and the story he tells us from the opera), the way the scene is shot, and the music that makes it sublime.

I've never seen an opera live. One of those things I mean to do before I meet my "morta."

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