# Whats this opera clip from the end of Smallville? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 15, 2004, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-opera-clip-from-the-end-of-smallville/234403 "2004-03-15T10:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tkbarbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@tkbarbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tkbarbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-opera-clip-from-the-end-of-smallville/234403/1 "2004-03-15T10:40:51Z")
Hi All, I don’t know if there are any Smallville fans out there, but at the end of episode 3x16 there is a piece from an opera which I’ve heard before on my travels but I can’t remember for the life of me what its called! Any ideas would be welcomed. I’ve uploaded an mp3 of the clip from the end of the show to: [www.khokhar.net/sv\_opera\_clip.mp3](http://www.khokhar.net/sv_opera_clip.mp3) Thanks for reading! tk ---
**Author:** ![Saitou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Saitou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saitou)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-opera-clip-from-the-end-of-smallville/234403/2 "2004-03-15T10:50:38Z")
I think it’s ‘Je Crois Entendre Encore’ from Bizet’s The Pearl Fishers ---
**Author:** ![tkbarbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@tkbarbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tkbarbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-opera-clip-from-the-end-of-smallville/234403/3 "2004-03-16T16:48:03Z")
Thanks! That seems to be it 🙂 Now to find a decent recording not in mono from the 50s… Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-opera-clip-from-the-end-of-smallville/234403/4 "2004-03-16T17:20:37Z")
10 minutes, in the early hours of the am, on an Opera question that is not Nesses Dorama (sp) or Carmen. Behold the power of the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2004, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-opera-clip-from-the-end-of-smallville/234403/5 "2004-03-16T20:39:10Z")
> [@tkbarbarian](#): > > Thanks! That seems to be it 🙂 Now to find a decent recording not in mono from the 50s… > > Any suggestions? Roberto Alagna released a great CD of French arias that includes “Je Crois Entendre Encore” – you can find it from Amazon [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000058B1Y/qid=1079469027/sr=1-23/ref=sr_1_23/002-7065173-8602438?v=glance&s=classical). Alagna’s voice is lovely; I’ve read a number of reviews that call him the finest lyric tenor of his generation. His _pianissimi_ are swoon-worthy. ---
**Author:** ![Nanook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nanook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanook)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2004, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-this-opera-clip-from-the-end-of-smallville/234403/6 "2004-03-17T00:08:42Z")
A contemporary recording of The Pearl-Fishers was recorded by Barbara Hendricks on Angel Records.