Opera
No! I can't concentrate.
Please, maestro, i'm sorry,
but I can't carry on like this.
Let's take it from number 37.
Oh, my god! No, no!
Maestro, please let's take it
from
Stop! Stop!
I can't stand it anymore!
It's ridiculous. Poor
thing. Are you hurt?
It's ridiculous! This
I've never seen
such lousy direction.
We have a problem?
Yes, you!
This isn't one of your crummy movies! Birds
on stage, back projection, laser beams!
What is this?
I have to sing! How can I do that
with a raven on stage that hates me?
I can't imagine why
it should hate you, Mara.
Neither can i! But it never
takes its beady eyes off me.
It shrieks, whistles,
flaps its wings.
It's deliberately destroying my
performance! It's just a bird.
Yes, and birds should be with other
birds and not in the opera singingmacbeth!
Where is my manager?
I'm here, Mara.
I am going back to the hotel.
Come on, Mara.
Please, don't be like this.
I'll rest till 7:00. I shall
be ready to sing at 8:00.
Ready to sing, without ravens or
any other nonsense. A real opera!
What do we do now?
Oh, carry on
with the rehearsal.
If something like this happens
again, i'll take my ravens and leave.
Okay. Maestro?
Please, please.
We'll take it
from the
Thanks to you and your so-called
brilliant and original direction!
Ladies and gentlemen,
the great Mara Giacova...
Has been knocked down
by a car!
Is she badly hurt?
Call an ambulance. Hurry!
What a disaster!
What are we gonna do?
Hello?
Is that you, betty?
Yes. Tonight you make
your debut as Lady Macbeth.
What?
Are you happy?
Who's speaking?
Is this a joke?
Hello?
Hello?
Mira!
Come on, betty, come on.
Get ready.
In exactly one hour,
you've got to be on stage.
Mara Giacova has had
an accident. Here.
Someone already called.
I thought it was a joke.
Why are you crying? Are you
scared of making your debut?
No! But Lady Macbeth. I'm too
young. My voice isn't right.
You'll be a smash hit.
I'm afraid I won't reach
some of the notes.
Trust me. I'm not only
your agent, i'm your friend.
I know what you're going through.
Just opening-night nerves.
Don't let them show.
They're all coming to see you.
Don't show them how
"inconfident" you are, okay?
Stop!
Well, my dear Betty,
are we ready?
Mara's unfortunate accident is going
to speed you towards your destiny.
Tonight you will make
your debut in Verdi's Macbeth.
Do I see tears?
Tears of happiness, I hope.
Don't tell me you're afraid.
Afraid you'll fail?
I'm too young
for the role.
Verdi's first Lady Macbeth
was only 17.
Anyway, you know the opera by heart.
I watched you at all rehearsals
working so hard preparing yourself...
As though you were the star
and not the understudy.
Don't worry about the orchestra. They'll
only need half an hour's rehearsal. Excellent.
Come on. Stop it!
This is your big chance.
I know.
Think of your mother, how happy
and proud she would have been...
To see you in a great opera
following her career.
If people like you, next you'll
sing in New York and Salzburg.
What happened to Mara?
She got hit by a car,
or so I heard.
Ah, you are listening to
Prokofsky's recording of Macbeth.
Did you know it was
a production of ours?
It's the opera.
Macbeth brings bad luck.
What are you talking about? Everyone
says it. Macbeth brings bad luck.
It's a great opera, but I would much
rather make my debut in something else.
Don't let Patini hear
you say that. It's true!
Shut up! So you think this
opera brings bad luck, hmm?
I don't know.
It's what everyone says.
Well,
i don't say it.
Look, you have a wonderful
voice, you are very beautiful,
And you're making your debut
in a great theater.
You must make the most
of this opportunity.
people in the movies, huh?
Mm-hmm.
Don't throw it away.
Yes.
Five, four, three, two, one,
now!
Let her through,
let her through!
There's too much smoke.
There's too much smoke!
Dino, cut the smoke.
Cut the smoke!
Wait a second. No! The scar
should be on the other side!
Betty goes on in another two
minutes. Okay, two minutes for Betty.
Two minutes, two.
Oh, what are you doing?
Leave it!
Leave it!
Put it in the center.
Oh, no, no!
Stop it!
That's okay.
Just go away.
Be careful! Be careful
not to ruin the costume.
You've finally returned.
What are you doing here?
You're not allowed in here.
This box is for stage personnel
only. Come on. Let's go.
What the hell do you-
Stay where you are.
Betty?
- Keep your positions.
- Keep going.
It was an accident.
Nothing more. Okay?
Give it here.
Okay, maestro.
Well done, Betty!
You're so beautiful!
That's enough, Mara!
Don't be childish.
You're a star!
Bravo. You're wonderful! Wonderful!
Betty, my sincerest compliments.
You were sensational.
Thank you.
There'll be a first-night
Betty, you were magnificent.
Thank you, maestro.
Will you be at the reception? Yes.
Marc,
the press are here.
What about the accident
with the lights?
The shouting and the screaming!
What shouting and screaming?
You didn't hear it? It came
from one of the boxes. No.
Betty?
Oh, Marc!
Marc, wasn't she great?
I know we've had some trouble, but
it's got nothing to do with Macbeth.
The only bad luck Macbeth
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