Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts Oct 26, 2020 7/10

The music's beautiful and specially paired with the beautiful cinematography in this film... I can't really say a lot for the acting unfortunately.

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Brent McKnight The Last Thing I See Jul 1, 2020 B+

In a career full of nutty, brutal, style-forward horror films, few titles on Dario Argento's resume are as strange, violent, or aesthetically singular as "Opera."

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Anton Bitel Little White Lies Jan 21, 2019

Opera is always heading backwards to move forwards, and ends, bizarrely, with its heroine crawling in joyous derangement amidst the primordial plants and critters of the natural world, in an ultimate act of atavism.

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Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia Jan 15, 2019

Allowing us voyeurs to watch from the stalls as he demonstrates why he's such a master of his art.

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Niall Browne Movies in Focus Dec 28, 2018 3/5

Opera sees giallo master Dario Argento working at his most gloriously OTT and this 1987 mystery contains all the traits you would expect from the Italian director: mystery, lust, violence and impressive camera work.

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Michael Coldwell Starburst Dec 10, 2018 9/10

An exercise in extremity, always strongest when shunting things into overdrive.

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Heather Wixson Daily Dead Feb 21, 2018 4/5

For every gorgeously composed moment we see of the Macbeth live performances (inside an absolutely stunning opera house that I wish I could make into my very own lavish home), Argento in turn delivers up a merciless and savage death.

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Mark R. Leeper Mark Leeper's Reviews Jan 15, 2018 6/10

The color restoration is beautiful and Bluray shows off the color splendidly on home video. The singing is beautiful also. It is a pity the story was not more engaging.

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Brian Orndorf Blu-ray.com Jan 15, 2018 B

Storytelling isn't much of a concern for Argento (it rarely is), but his gonzo interests remain flared up, enjoying one last romp armed with a reasonable budget and creative freedom, clearly relishing his time experimenting with operatic extremes.

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David Keyes Cinemaphile.org Oct 26, 2016 3.5/4

Movies like Opera can be treasures for minds inclined to dip further into the shadows. They are reminders that terror begins with uncertainty, not with howls of obvious pain.

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Gabe Leibowitz Film and Felt Sep 26, 2009 61/100

Italian horror master Dario Argento may have the most lopsided strengths and weaknesses of any director I've experienced.

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Tim Brayton Antagony & Ecstasy Jun 29, 2009 8/10

An art film through and through, though it be an art film with an unusual number of bloody deaths... one of Argento's most memorable films.

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Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid May 26, 2006

Argento's masterful use of colors and music keep help to keep the film feeling fresh.

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Jul 18, 2005 3/5

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Jake Euker F5 (Wichita, KS) Jun 4, 2004 1/5

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Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Feb 25, 2004 2/5

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Ken Hanke Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) Jun 10, 2003 3/5

Stylish, but inane and sadistic Argento thriller.

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Mark Palermo The Coast (Halifax, Nova Scotia) Dec 3, 2002 5/5

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Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Dec 4, 2001 4/4

Argento's Opera is a film of rare beauty, a celebration of love's absence and the ferocious force of the gaze.

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James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Nov 20, 2001 3/4

With its grand scale and brooding themes, the art of opera fits neatly with Argento's lavish stylistics and dark preoccuptations as a filmmaker

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