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* "Gluck, das mir Verblieb", from ''Theatre/DieToteStadt'', directed by Creator/BruceBeresford, about two lovers (Creator/ElizabethHurley and Peter Birch) who lip-sync the aria while in bed in a desolate city.

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* "Gluck, das mir Verblieb", from ''Theatre/DieToteStadt'', directed by Creator/BruceBeresford, about two lovers (Creator/ElizabethHurley and Peter Birch) Creator/PeterBirch) who lip-sync the aria while in bed in a desolate city.
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* "Depuis Le Jour" from ''Louise'', directed by Creator/DerekJarman, about an opera singer (Creator/TildaSwinton) giving her final performance while she remembers her life.

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* "Depuis Le Jour" from ''Louise'', directed by Creator/DerekJarman, about an opera singer (Creator/TildaSwinton) giving her final performance while she remembers her life.life (Creator/TildaSwinton plays the younger version of the singer in flashbacks).
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* Excerpts from ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'', directed by Creator/JulienTemple, about a couple (Creator/BuckHenry, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo) who are cheating on each other while in UsefulNotes/LasVegas. Features an ElvisImpersonator lip-synching to part of the opera.

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* Excerpts from ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'', directed by Creator/JulienTemple, about a couple (Creator/BuckHenry, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo) who are cheating on each other man (Creator/BuckHenry) at a hotel with his lover (Creator/BeverlyDAngelo) in UsefulNotes/LasVegas, while in UsefulNotes/LasVegas.his wife (Creator/AnitaMorris) is with her lover at the very same hotel. Features an ElvisImpersonator lip-synching to part of the opera.

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* Excerpts from ''Theatre/UnBalloInMaschera'', directed by Creator/NicolasRoeg, starring Creator/TheresaRussell as the king who goes to visit his lover when assassins try to kill him.

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* Excerpts from ''Theatre/UnBalloInMaschera'', directed by Creator/NicolasRoeg, starring Creator/TheresaRussell as the king about a kind (Creator/TheresaRussell) who goes to visit his lover when assassins try to kill him.





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\n* "Gluck, das mir Verblieb", from ''Theatre/DieToteStadt'', directed by Creator/BruceBeresford, about two lovers (Creator/ElizabethHurley and Peter Birch) who lip-sync the aria while in bed in a desolate city.
* Excerpts from ''Abaris ou les Boreades'', directed by Creator/RobertAltman, about a preview of the opera being shown to inmates at an insane asylum.
* "Liebestod" from ''Theatre/TristanUndIsoldeWagner'', directed by Franc Roddam, which casts the doomed lovers (James Mathers and Creator/BridgetFonda) in modern-day UsefulNotes/LasVegas.
* "Nessun Dorma" from ''Theatre/{{Turandot}}'', directed by Creator/KenRussell, about a young woman who's being operated on in a hospital after a car accident, while she dreams she's part of a tribal rite.
* "Depuis Le Jour" from ''Louise'', directed by Creator/DerekJarman, about an opera singer (Creator/TildaSwinton) giving her final performance while she remembers her life.
* "Vesti La Giubba" from ''Theatre/{{Pagliacci}}'', directed by Bill Bryden, a FramingDevice about an aging opera star (Creator/JohnHurt) preparing for his last performance.

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''Aria'' is a 1987 British anthology film consisting of ten shorts, each directed by a different famous director. As the titles implies, the segments are all set to music from famous operas.


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''Aria'' is a 1987 British anthology film consisting of ten shorts, each directed by a different famous director. As the titles implies, the segments are all set to music from famous operas.

operas as follows:

* Excerpts from ''Theatre/UnBalloInMaschera'', directed by Creator/NicolasRoeg, starring Creator/TheresaRussell as the king who goes to visit his lover when assassins try to kill him.
* "La Vergine Degli Angeli", from ''Theatre/LaForzaDelDestino'', directed by Charles Sturridge, about three children who steal a luxury car and set fire to it.
* Excerpts from ''Armide'', directed by Creator/JeanLucGodard, about two cleaning women who [[EatingTheEyeCandy get turned on by male bodybuilders]] at the gym where they work.
* Excerpts from ''Theatre/{{Rigoletto}}'', directed by Creator/JulienTemple, about a couple (Creator/BuckHenry, Creator/BeverlyDAngelo) who are cheating on each other while in UsefulNotes/LasVegas. Features an ElvisImpersonator lip-synching to part of the opera.

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* Main/AtTheOperaTonight: The first segment, ''Un ballo in maschera'' is set in part at an opera performance.
* Main/GenteelInterbellumSetting: The first short, set in 1931, fits this trope. There are certainly lots of beautiful period costumes.



* Main/Opera: The music the film counts.

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* Main/Opera: {{Main/Opera}}: The music the film counts.
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''Aria'' is a 1987 British anthology film consisting of ten shorts, each directed by a different famous director. As the titles implies, the segments are all set to music from famous operas.


!!Tropes Found In This Film Include:
* Main/AnthologyFilm: Well, naturally.
* Main/PublicDomainSoundtrack: Much of the music is quite old and, thus, qualifies.
* Main/Opera: The music the film counts.

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