Severin Films Annual Summer Sale Title Reveal #1: Dario Argento's Opera (4K Blu-ray + Blu-ray + CD Soundtrack)

Jimmy P June 15, 2024

Severin Films Annual Summer Sale is a month away and you know what this means: Multiple Summer Sale Title Reveals. Severin does this every year and it is one of the best things about the sale. 

They have revealed the first title: Dario Argento's Opera. 

This release features 2 versions of the film (Director's Cut and the US Cut). along with a ton of special features. 

This release will be available during the sale, July 12th to July 15th

It’s been acclaimed by aficionados worldwide as “his biggest film” (Bloody Disgusting), “a breathtaking visual feast” (Daily Dead) and “up there with DEEP RED and SUSPIRIA” (DVD Drive-In). Now experience “Dario Argento’s last full-fledged masterpiece” (Slant Magazine) in The Director’s Cut and U.S. Theatrical Version, both in UHD: When a young opera singer (Cristina Marsillach, in her career-defining performance) is stalked by a masked psychopath, she will be forced into a grisly aria of murder, memories and unimaginable torment. Ian Charleson (CHARIOTS OF FIRE), Urbano Barberini (DEMONS), Antonella Vitale (THE CHURCH), Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni (MOTHER OF TEARS) and Daria Nicolodi (TENEBRE) co-star in this definitive presentation of “one of Argento’s best” (IndieWire) – co-written by Franco Ferrini (PHENOMENA) with cinematography by Oscar® winner Ronnie Taylor (GANDHI) and music by Brian Eno, Bill Wyman and Claudio Simonetti – newly scanned in 4K from the original camera negatives at Cinecittà with 10 hours of special Features, a soundtrack CD and more.

Special Features

Disc 1: UHD (2.35:1 Director's Cut / U.S. Cut + Special Features)

  • Audio Commentary With Actress Cristina Marsillach And   Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival (Director's Cut Only)
  • Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder by Design: The Unsane Cinema of Dario Argento
  • Audio Commentary With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento, And Kim Newman, Author of Anno Dracula (Director's Cut Only)
  • OPERA Trailer
  • TERROR AT THE OPERA Trailer

Disc 2: Blu-ray (2.35:1 Director's Cut / U.S. Cut + Special Features)

  • Audio Commentary With Actress Cristina Marsillach And Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival (Director's Cut Only)
  • Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder by Design: The Unsane Cinema of Dario Argento
  • Audio Commentary With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento, And Kim Newman, Author of Anno Dracula (Director's Cut Only)
  • The Eyes And The Needles – Interview With Co-Writer/Director/Producer Dario Argento
  • Arias Of Death – Interview With Screenwriter Franco Ferrini 
  • The Eyes Of OPERA – Interview With Actress Cristina Marsillach
  • OPERA Trailer
  • TERROR AT THE OPERA Trailer

Disc 3: Blu-ray (1.85:1 Director's Cut + Special Features)

  • Audio Commentary With Actress Cristina Marsillach And Ángel Sala, Head Of Programming At The Sitges Film Festival 
  • Audio Commentary With Mondo Digital's Nathaniel Thompson And Troy Howarth, Author Of Murder by Design: The Unsane Cinema of Dario Argento
  • Audio Commentary With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento, And Kim Newman, Author of Anno Dracula
  • Don't Close Your Eyes – Interview With Film Historian Fabrizio Spurio 
  • The Opera And Mr. Jones – Interview With Alan Jones, Author Of Profondo Argento
  • Terror At The Opera – Q&A With Dario Argento, Franco Ferrini And Lamberto Bava At Cinema Farnese (2006)

Disc 4: Blu-ray (Special Features)

  • OPERA Runs In The Blood – Interview With Actress Coralina Cataldi-Tassoni
  • To Catch A Killer – Interview With Actor Urbano Barberini 
  • In Any Language – Interview With Actress Antonella Vitale
  • The Perfect Death – Interview With Actress Daria Nicolodi 
  • Blood Red Piano – Interview With Composer Claudio Simonetti
  • The Eye Behind The Camera – Interview With Camera Operator Antonio Scaramuzza
  • Flight Of The Crow – Interview With SFX Artist Sergio Stivaletti
  • Blood And Latex – Interview With Make-Up Artist Franco Casagni
  • The Gliding Camera – Interview With Steadicam Operator Nicola Pecorini 
  • 800 Sons – Interview With Press Agent Enrico Lucherini
  • Preserving OPERA – Interview With 4K Color Correction Supervisor Karim Hussain 
  • OPERA Backstage – Behind-The-Scenes Video Created From Archival Footage
Disc 5: CD

  • Soundtrack CD

*Exclusive Booklet By Claire Donner Of The Miskatonic Institute Of Horror Studies

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