He tells him that Lucia is already enjoying her bridal bed. The setting is the Lammermuir Hills of Scotland (Lammermoor) in the 17th century.Įnrico visits Edgardo to challenge him to a duel.

The story concerns the emotionally fragile Lucy Ashton (Lucia) who is caught in a feud between her own family and that of the Ravenswoods. Sit down by the fountain with me for a while. Si, ti son resa fuggita io son da' tuoi nemici.Įdgardo! I am given back to you. Most mad scenes were composed for the soprano voice, but there are examples for the baritone and the tenor. The vocal writing is often exciting and highly demanding, requiring immense skill. Mad scenes were often created as a way to offer star singers a chance to show off their abilities, though many of them are also very dramatic. It was a popular convention of Italian and French opera in the early decades of the nineteenth century. A Mad scene is:Ī mad scene is an enactment of insanity in an opera or play. The first part of the beautiful song, the Oh, giusto cielo!…Il dolce suono is known as Lucia's Mad Scene.

The fictional alien character's name is Diva Plavalaguna.

The actress playing the singer is Maïwenn Le Besco (born 1976).

Inva Mula (born 1963) (with help of computer enhancement on the Diva Dance part)

The song in the movie is sung by Albanian soprano.

In the movie, the song is composed to be sung by extraterrestrial.

Parts of the vocal performance is computer enhanced, because no human can change pitch that fast and that high in quality. The second part, the dance, is called The Diva Dance song, composed by French composer The first part of the song, the aria, is Act 3 scene 2 Oh, giusto cielo!…Il dolce suono (Oh, merciful heaven! … The sweet sound) (the Lucia Mad Scene), from Gaetano Donizetti's tragic opera Lucia di Lammermoor. In the movie The Fifth Element 1997, there's a memorable scene of a crazy alien soprano singer.

Fifth element opera singer actress