What is the opera in this episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent?

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Season 5, disc 4, "Dramma Giocoso"

In rehearsal, a singer forgets her line and the conductor has a temper tantrum. Then, the night of the concert, at the first intermission, the star violinist whom the conductor promised to make "first violin" (I know, I know, never mind that detail) goes to the roof. At the start of Act II, the singer has blood on her costume. Then the familiar Law & Order music.

Later on in the episode, a few different operas are mentioned, but it doesn't seem like any of them could be the one from the beginning of the episode.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Im just gonna go on a wild guess here and say "Don Giovanni"

Birdgirl · Answer

The episode you mention does sound familiar--I might have actually seen it...you know when it aired in 2006! Really, not everyone, including people who may have actually watch the show would own DVDs of the epistodes.  And generally while watching a show, I really pay very little to the background music and more to the storyline.

I tried checking here on IMDB which often lists music used on shows and in movies (other than just the basic soundtrack)--but I didn't find anything.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0763480/

I do believe they probably used actual music from a real opera--so many traditional ones are in the public domain, it wouldn't be any reason NOT to use something already written that the audience might be familiar with (though Mike Post could probably come up with something if he HAD to).

If you can find a link, I bet it will be something fairly easy to identify.  Do you even remember what language the singer was singing?

David · Answer

I know this is old, but it bugs me that no one answered the question correctly. I came across this trying to find who they used for the opera singer (no luck there). The Opera is Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti. You may recognize the song at the end of the intro (IL Dolce Suono), as the same beautiful song sung in the movie The Fifth Element.

Anonymous · Answer

You have to be more specific, I've never seen the episode, but I know a lot about Opera. I couldn't even begin to guess the Opera from just that information.

? · Answer

I think I watched it when it first aired. My money is on that it's something Mike Post wrote. He just needed to write an aria and a duet that sounds like some generic opera. Not difficult at all for a skilled Hollywood composer.

Peter · Answer

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Forza Di Destino. The maistro says that's what he's going over in his study.

del_icious_manager · Answer

For us to be able to help you, I think you need to find the clip online and post a link. To rely on people having this set of DVDs AND being willing to plough through one of them to find the music is a bit much, don't you think.

Please try and provide a link so we can help you.

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What is the opera in this episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent?

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