Hardly a week goes by without seeing some new action flick- a Taken here, a Columbiana there- with Besson attached as a producer or writer, but as a director he’s far less prolific. According to movie trivia, the film’s composer Eric Serra designed the futuristic pop-opera to be technically impossible for a human to hit some of the high notes so quickly after another.It sometimes seems like Luc Besson’s name is attached to everything these days. The original Diva Dance was performed by Albanian opera singer Inva Mula-Tchako. She is also known for providing the voice of the diva Plavalaguna in the film The Fifth Element. Her father (Avni Mula) and mother (Nina Mula) were also opera singers. She began her soprano career at a very early age. Inva Mula (born 27 June 1963) is an Albanian opera lyric soprano. The character Plavalaguna, which means ‘blue lagoon’ in Serbian, was played by French actress Maïwenn Le Besco but her famous performance of the Diva Dance Opera was actually sung by Albanian opera singer Inva Mula-Tchako. What language is the diva song from Fifth Element?

It is also commonly known as the “mad scene” sung by the leading soprano, Lucia. “Il dolce suono” (“The Sweet Sound”) is the incipit of the recitativo of a scena ed aria taken from Act III scene 2, Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti. Opera Meets Film: Diva Plavalunga’s ‘ Lucia di Lammermoor‘ Number in ‘The Fifth Element’ Encapsulates Luc Besson’s Filmography – OperaWire. Who originally sang the diva dance? What opera is sung in The Fifth Element?

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