Aria (film)
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Aria is a 1987 British film produced by Don Boyd from Virgin Group's visual section consisting of ten short pieces directed by a variety of directors.
Each segment features its director's visual accompaniment to arias and scenes from operas, so this film has no dialogue, only the opera's lyrics (libretto) in Italian, French and German. 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).
The film was Bridget Fonda's first "credited" film role.
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[edit] Un ballo in maschera
- Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Nicolas Roeg
- Starring Theresa Russell
[edit] "La virgine degli angeli" from La forza del destino
Subject: Youngsters in London steal a car, ride around, and are killed tragiclly.
- Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Charles Sturridge
[edit] Armide
- Composed by Jean-Baptiste Lully
- Libretto by Philippe Quinault
- Conducted by Philippe Herreweghe
- Directed by Jean-Luc Godard
- Starring Valérie Allain
[edit] Rigoletto
- Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
- Directed by Julien Temple
- Starring Buck Henry and Beverly D'Angelo
[edit] Die tote Stadt
- Composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold
- Sung by Carol Nebrett and René Kollo
- Directed by Bruce Beresford
- Starring Elizabeth Hurley
[edit] Les Boréades
- Composed by Jean-Philippe Rameau
- Librette by Louis de Cahusac
- Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner
- Directed by Robert Altman
- Starring Julie Hagerty, Geneviève Page, Sandrine Dumas, Chris Campion
[edit] "Liebestod" from Tristan und Isolde
- Composed by Richard Wagner
- Sung by Birgit Nilsson
- Directed by Franc Roddam
- Starring Bridget Fonda
[edit] "Nessun dorma" from Turandot
- Composed by Giacomo Puccini
- Sung by Jussi Björling
- Directed by Ken Russell
- Starring Linzi Drew
[edit] "Depuis le jour" from Louise
- Composed by Gustave Charpentier
- Directed by Derek Jarman
- Starring Tilda Swinton
[edit] "Vesti la giubba" from I Pagliacci
- Composed by Ruggero Leoncavallo
- Directed by Bill Bryden
- Written by Don Boyd
- Starring John Hurt and Sophie Ward
