# Blue Alien Opera from The 5th Element

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-alien-opera-from-the-5th-element/162590>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 19, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-alien-opera-from-the-5th-element/162590 "2003-03-19T17:48:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/96bed5/32.png) [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-alien-opera-from-the-5th-element/162590/1 "2003-03-19T17:48:47Z")

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Does anybody know if this was taken from an existing opera and jazzed-up for the movie? I’d like to find a CD or two with some similar sounding jazzy/funky/operetic style music if anybody has suggestions or recommendations.

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**Author:** ![av8rmike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/edb3f5/32.png) [@av8rmike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/av8rmike)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2003, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-alien-opera-from-the-5th-element/162590/2 "2003-03-19T18:25:04Z")

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[This site](http://www.soundtrack.net/soundtracks/database/?id=661) lists that selection as “Lucia di Lammermoor”, which I recognize as by Donizetti. I’ve never seen the opera, nor do I own the soundtrack, so I can’t give you any more specific info. The techno part was most likely written or adapted by the composer, Eric Serra.

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**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-alien-opera-from-the-5th-element/162590/3 "2003-03-20T18:24:44Z")

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Granted, it won’t sound like it did in the movie. Only part of it was sung by a purely human voice. The later bits were computer-generated/augmented.

Sounded awesome, though.

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**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2003, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blue-alien-opera-from-the-5th-element/162590/4 "2003-03-20T19:15:13Z")

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[Here’s an old thread about this song](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=84130). It has some good info in it.