Directed by:
Dario ArgentoScreenplay:
Dario ArgentoCinematography:
Ronnie TaylorCast:
Cristina Marsillach, Ian Charleson, Urbano Barberini, Daria Nicolodi, William McNamara, Michele Soavi, Sebastiano Somma, Barbara Cupisti, Antonino Iuorio (more)Plots(1)
When young understudy Betty takes the lead role in a new operatic production of Verdi's Macbeth, she soon attracts the attention of a knife-wielding psycho who forces her to watch - with eyes pinned open - as he brutally despatches her friends and colleagues with sadistic delight. Can Betty free herself from this unending nightmare or does a more terrifying fate await? Opera is a ravishing return to the giallo style Argento made his name with, awash with black-gloved killers, lavish bloodletting and the director's expressionistic Grand Guignol excess. (Cult Films)
(more)Cast
![Cristina Marsillach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/412/412616_ea8c39.jpg)
Cristina Marsillach
Spain
Best movies:
Opera (1987)
Dead Fright (1985)
Every Time We Say Goodbye (1986)
![Ian Charleson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/426/426671_207fa4.jpg)
Ian Charleson
UK
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark (1980) (TV movie)
Chariots of Fire (1981)
![Urbano Barberini](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/190/165190407_aff59a.jpg)
Urbano Barberini
Italy
Best movies:
Otello (1986)
Casino Royale (2006)
Moses (1995) (TV movie)
![Daria Nicolodi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/999/164999315_db1f25.jpg)
Daria Nicolodi
Italy
Best movies:
The Life of Verdi (1982) (series)
Salomè (1972)
Many Wars Ago (1970)
![William McNamara](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269276_7e65b3.jpg)
William McNamara
USA
Best movies:
Sweet Jane (1998)
Opera (1987)
The Secret of the Sahara (1988) (series)
![Michele Soavi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270143_dfeb83.jpg)
Michele Soavi
Italy
Best movies:
Cemetery Man (1994)
Tenebrae (1982)
Phenomena (1985)
![Sebastiano Somma](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312479_fc53f9.jpg)
Sebastiano Somma
Italy
Best movies:
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (2003) (TV movie)
Opera (1987)
Hannibal (2001)
![Barbara Cupisti](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/140/158140028_2e24f9.jpg)
Barbara Cupisti
Italy
Best movies:
Cemetery Man (1994)
Opera (1987)
Only You (1994)
Antonino Iuorio
Italy
Best movies:
Ginger and Fred (1986)
Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)
Stradivari (1988)
![Dario Argento](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/242/167242763_4fb5fc.jpg)
Dario Argento (narrator)
Italy