5th element opera singer. Aria from the film "The Fifth Element"

Many do not know another: who exactly sang and how they created this aria. And the music and singing itself was heard by hundreds of millions of inhabitants of our planet.
So who is the girl who sang this part?
It was Opera singer (lyric soprano)named Inva Mula. She was born in AlbaniaJune 27, 1963

Graduated music school and the conservatory. She took part in classical productions of Lucia di Lammermoor, La bohème, Manon and others.

What's amazingshe performed almost 80% of this aria herself, but the rest, something that the range of her unique voice was not designed for, was finalized on a computer to create an unusual and unreal sound...

As you remember, Luc Besson invented and polished this whole story and the script of the film almost from childhood. His character is the singer Plavalaguna, a secret agent of the Mondoshawan race, who delivers four elements for the heroine played by Milla Jovovich.

Where did the name of the singer come from? There is a town in Croatia called Plava Laguna (translated"Blue Lagoon"). HereLuc Besson held his summer vacation while being a child.

(By the way, one of the first films with the participation of Mila Jovovich is called "Return to the Blue Lagoon".)

The singer's dress, like the other costumes in the film, was designed by Jean Paul Gaultier, and the character design was created by John Coppinger of graphic design fame. appearance creatures from universe "Star Wars".
AT recent times copies of the Plavalaguna dress are often used at many parties and Halloween, in addition, fashion designers use elements of an unusual dress in their work.

Plavalaguna is a representative of a bipedal alien humanoid upright race, in many ways similar to an earthly woman. She is tall compared to Earthlings, she has blue skin and hemocyanin-based blood, as well as long appendages on her head and back, similar to the lekku of a Twi'lek or the appendages of a race of predators. On the headelongated round shapethere are six long processes, three each in the area of ​​the temples. Other six processes are located two at the base of the neck, in the middle of the back and at the base of the buttocks. This representative of the race of alien humanoids has no hairline.
Not the most charming creature, if you meet such a night, you will become a stutterer ...

The role of Diva Plavalaguna was played by French actress Maiwenn, who was then in a civil marriage with Luc Besson. As you can see in the photo below, she is a very pretty girl.

The aria "Il dolce suono" from the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" by composer Gaetano Donizetti was dubbed in Italian in the film by opera singer Inva Mula. Part of Lucia de Lamermour's aria was transcribed with synthetic vocals - created on a computer, since the human voice is unable to master such a range. But if you saw the previous video I posted, then there was a performer who coped with this impossible task, though not everything is fair, she used a microphone...

The stage on which the Diva performs the aria, Luc Besson wanted to shoot in France, but due to the fact that it was not possible to find a suitable location, the shooting had to be moved to London in Royal Covent Garden, as well as to the studio 007 Stage ...
For some time in various publications it was believed that the voice of the opera alien diva, the singer of Inca origin Yma Sumac, as she is the owner of such a unique voice.

After the release of the film, the name of Plavalaguna is often mentioned, to distinguish from the general mass opera singers those who are able to take 5 octaves. Lucia de Lamermour's aria, performed by an alien, caused the popularity of the opera among a wide variety of people from various social strata of society, and the character himself has since often been called a cosmodiva.

The aria of Lucia de Lamermur in the image of Plavalaguna is often performed or, more precisely, attempted to be performed by contestants of various television shows, as well as famous singers, such as Pelageya, Taisiya Povaliy and Evgenia Laguna. However, none of those who tried could come close to the level of performance that Inva Mula achieved.

The author of the music for the film "The 5th Element" Eric Serra answered in an interview that he finalized the aria with elements that are simply impossible to sing. He hoped that the singer would sing at least 60%, the rest would be completed by the computer, but she sang 80%. The composer was extremely surprised by such a wide range of the girl's voice... Watch and listen...

The Fifth Element revolutionized cinema in the 2000s. It used unusual costumes, computer graphics and an intriguing storyline. Starring talented actors the picture appeared before the viewer as an integral product, visually captivating and carrying a semantic load. Full of vivid scenes and episodes, the tape offers curious images. The most impressive of them is the diva of Plavalaguna.

The opera singer appears on the Fhloston Paradise concert stage, where an audience has gathered, admiring her talent. She sings an aria, amazes the audience with modern vocals, and dies after a shootout. The image of the heroine is symbolic and embedded in the plot for a reason.

History of creation

The character was created by the film's director Luc Besson. Plavalaguna is one of the main female images films on par with Lilu and Corben Dallas' mother. The performer personifies the maternal principle. The opera diva plays an important role for Lilu. Two aliens, united by an extraterrestrial beginning, feel and understand each other.

Plavalaguna is not only an opera singer, but also a secret agent. The girl is a representative of the Mondoshawan race and performs an important function for humanity: the wanted elements are hidden in the body of the singer.

Knowing about the director's unlimited imagination and his attachment to the world of fantasy, one should expect versatility from each hero of Luc Besson's projects. The stories of their creation are unusual, and the images are full of symbolism. Plavalaguna was named after a small area in Croatia. On this land, the director spent the summer as a boy, so the name of the heroine was special and significant for him. Plava Laguna is translated as "blue lagoon". It is noteworthy that, who played the role of Leela, she participated in a project called "Blue Lagoon" at the dawn of her career.

Shot from the movie "The Fifth Element"

The diva was remembered by the audience for her specific appearance and amazing talent. After the release of the film on the big screen, the gifted vocal abilities girls were called by the name of a movie character, making him a household name. As a rule, this characteristic is applied to singers who are able to demonstrate a vocal range of more than five octaves.

Image and character

The appearance of the diva is unusual. An artist unlike anyone else present in concert hall spaceship, stands out among other characters in the film. The singer's costume was designed by a fashion designer. The look was designed by John Coppinger, who contributed to the visual look. actors project " star Wars". Plavalaguna resembles earthly women: the face and limbs are similar to the appearance of earthlings. But the head is decorated with long processes in the form of tentacles. The blue dress of the girl seems to merge with the skin of the same shade. Laconic and weighty jewelry - a necklace, belt and bracelets, flaunting on the neck, waist and arms of an alien.

The image of the diva complements her character. The brave girl decided on self-sacrifice for the sake of dangerous operation. Stones symbolizing the four elements are hidden in her body. While the burglars searched Plavalaguna's room looking for important elements, stones lurked in the stomach of the singer. The brave girl carried them to the concert and managed to perform well, despite the unusual burden. As a secret agent, she showed courage, confidence in her strength, stamina and willpower. Viewers note tenderness, understanding and sympathy in her words and gestures at the moment of meeting with Lilu.

Dying on stage from a random bullet, the diva Plavalaguna remains a dramatic symbol of art and talent, as well as a prime example self-sacrifice for the sake of highest goal. Pure, kind, in terms of the degree of sublimity of the image, she is comparable to Lilu.

Screen adaptations

In the history of cinema, Plavalaguna appears once, and this happens in the film The Fifth Element. The role of the space singer was performed by the French actress Maiwenn. At the time of filming, the performer was the passion of the director of the tape. A fan of French flavor, Besson planned to shoot the diva's concert in the corresponding building in France, but they did not find a suitable interior. As a result, the audience watches the performance of Plavalaguna on the stage of London's Covent Garden. The episode was also filmed at the 007 Stage studio.

The aria of Lucia de Lamermoor, sung by Plavalaguna, was recorded with the help of an opera singer named Inva Mula. The director carefully selected applicants for voicing the character, striving to ensure that Diva's voice sounded like an alien and was incomparable with human capabilities. In moments where you can hear highest notes, the creators of the project used computer technology for adjustments. The second part of the work performed is the creation of Eric Serra, which became the official soundtrack for the film "The Fifth Element".

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Lucia di Lammermoor (ital. Lucia di Lammermoor) - a tragic opera in three acts Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Italian libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, based on Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819). The opera premiered on 26 September 1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. The opera is considered one of the best examples of the bel canto style and has taken a firm place in the repertoire of almost all opera houses peace.

The aria of Plava Laguna belongs to the second act of the second picture of the opera and is called "O guisto cielo!"

The wedding feast is in full swing. The young people have just been escorted to the bedchamber and the guests are having fun. Suddenly pastor Raymond runs in. He tells in horror that Lucia had just killed her husband in a fit of madness. Lucia enters, dressed in blood. She is insane. She thinks she is Edgar's fiancee. She does not recognize either the brother or the pastor. In front of the shocked guests, Lucia falls to the floor. She is dead.

Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce!
Ah, quella voce m "e qui nel cor discesa!
Edgardo! io ti son resa.
Edgardo! Ah! Edgardo mio!
Si", ti son resa!
Fuggita io son da" tuoi nemici, nemici
Un gelo me serpeggia nel sen!
Trema ogni fibra!
Vacilla il pie!
Presso la fonte meco t "assidi alquanto!
Si", Presso la fonte meco t" assidi.

The sweet sound of his voice startled me!
Ah, that voice entered my heart!
Edgardo! I give myself to you.
Edgardo! Oh! Edgardo, my!
Yes, I give myself to you!
I ran away from your enemies, enemies
Cold creeps into my chest!
Everything is trembling!
My legs are tangled!
Sit with me a little by the fountain!
Yes, sit with me near the fountain.
Aria "O guisto cielo!" from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor (composer Gaetano Donizetti) performed by Albanian soprano Inva Mula-Tchako.

Mula constantly performs at La Scala, in her repertoire Lucia di Lammermoor, La bohème, Manon and others.

She sings in many cities around the world including Tokyo, Bilbao, Orange (France), Trieste and Toronto. In 2007 she performed Adina in " Love potion» in Toulouse.

Lucia de Lammermoor's aria was considered impossible to sing during Gaetano Donizetti's lifetime. Aria Space opera diva Plava Laguna was considered impossible to perform in our time. In The Fifth Element, Mula combines the aria "Oh, giusto cielo!...Il dolce suono" ("Oh fair sky!..Sweet sound") from Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor", and the song "The Diva dance" ("Diva's Dance") in one performance.

Director Luc Besson admired Maria Callas, but her 1950 recording of "Lucia" was not "clean" enough to be used in the film, so Callas' agent Michel Glotz, who created the recording, introduced it to Mulet. She had just recorded Puccini's La Rondine for EMI Classics.

It may seem that her vocals (performed by this aria) surpass the physical capabilities of a person. This is especially true for 1 min. 06 sec. - on this segment, the sound of the flute drowns out the voice of the diva and the effect of an inhuman voice is obtained. Many still doubt the authenticity of the performance of this aria by a person. But let's remember Charles Kellogg - the vibration of his voice reaches 40,000 cycles per second! It can make sounds that are not perceived by the human ear.

To date, there are many variations of the performance of "The Diva dance", and this is another evidence that the Aria is performed by a human voice.

Everyone remembers the aria from the movie "The Fifth Element", which was performed by the bright blue alien opera diva Plava Laguna, but many believe that the opera itself was the result of a colossal computer processing of the human voice. How was it really? What is this opera, and who performed it? Lucia di Lammermoor (ital. Lucia di Lammermoor) - a tragic opera in three acts by an Italian composer Gaetano Donizetti. Italian libretto Salvatore Cammarano based on Walter Scott's The Bride of Lammermoor (1819). The opera premiered on 26 September 1835 at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples. The opera is considered one of the best examples of the bel canto style and has taken a strong place in the repertoire of almost all opera houses in the world.

The aria of Plava Laguna belongs to the second act of the second picture of the opera and is called "O guisto cielo!"

The wedding feast is in full swing. The young people have just been escorted to the bedchamber and the guests are having fun. Suddenly pastor Raymond runs in. He tells in horror that Lucia had just killed her husband in a fit of madness. Lucia enters, dressed in blood. She is insane. She thinks she is Edgar's fiancee. She does not recognize either the brother or the pastor. In front of the shocked guests, Lucia falls to the floor. She is dead.

Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce!
Ah, quella voce m "è qui nel cor discesa!
Edgardo! io ti son resa.
Edgardo! Ah! Edgardo mio!
Si", ti son resa!
Fuggita io son da" tuoi nemici, nemici
Un gelo me serpeggia nel sen!
Trema ogni fibra!
Vacilla il pie!
Presso la fonte meco t "assidi alquanto!
Si", Presso la fonte meco t" assidi.

The sweet sound of his voice startled me!
Ah, that voice entered my heart!
Edgardo! I give myself to you.
Edgardo! Oh! Edgardo, my!
Yes, I give myself to you!
I ran away from your enemies, enemies
Cold creeps into my chest!
Everything is trembling!
My legs are tangled!
Sit with me a little by the fountain!
Yes, sit with me near the fountain.

Aria "O guisto cielo!" from the opera Lucia di Lammermoor (composer Gaetano Donizetti) performed by Albanian soprano Inva Mula-Tchako.

Mula constantly performs at La Scala, in her repertoire Lucia di Lammermoor, La bohème, Manon and others.

She sings in many cities around the world including Tokyo, Bilbao, Orange (France), Trieste and Toronto. In 2007, she performed Adina in L'elisir d'amore in Toulouse.

Lucia de Lammermoor's aria was considered impossible to sing during Gaetano Donizetti's lifetime. The aria of the space opera diva Plava Laguna was considered impossible to perform in our time. In The Fifth Element, Mula combines the aria "Oh, giusto cielo!...Il dolce suono" ("Oh fair sky!..Sweet sound") from Gaetano Donizetti's opera "Lucia di Lammermoor", and the song "The Diva dance" ("Diva's Dance") in one performance.

Director Luc Besson admired Maria Callas, but her 1950 recording of "Lucia" was not "clean" enough to be used in the film, so Callas' agent Michel Glotz, who created the recording, introduced it to Mulet. She had just recorded Puccini's La Rondine for EMI Classics.

It may seem that her vocals (performed by this aria) surpass the physical capabilities of a person. This is especially true for 1 min. 06 sec. - on this segment, the sound of the flute drowns out the voice of the diva and the effect of an inhuman voice is obtained. Many still doubt the authenticity of the performance of this aria by a person. But let's remember Charles Kellogg - the vibration of his voice reaches 40,000 cycles per second! It can make sounds that are not perceived by the human ear.

Today, there are many variations "The Diva dance", and this is another evidence that the Aria is performed by a human voice.

You can watch and listen to other performances here:

Probably, I will not sin against the truth if I say that the aria of the Diva Plavalaguna was heard by the majority of the population of our planet. Moreover, most of those who heard simply do not know that this is the aria of Plavalaguna, and even more so, who sings it in reality. But everyone heard the music and singing:

In the film by French director Luc Besson called "The Fifth Element" one of the most memorable moments is the performance of the aria of the alien singer Plava Laguna. Her voice is truly cosmic. But in fact, an opera singer named Inva Mula sang for her. She is from Albania. She sang 80% of this aria herself, and the rest was finalized on a computer to give an unusual sound to this musical composition.

Aria of Diva Plavalaguna - "The Fifth Element". Movie trailer

Aria of Diva Plavalaguna - "The Fifth Element". As it sounded in the film, under the action of the fight, Lilu with the invaders.

So what is this Plavalaguna and who sings so that millions of people still listen to this work?

Diva Plavalaguna is a fictional opera singer, one of the characters in the science fiction film The Fifth Element, which was created by the wonderful director Luc Besson.

The main characters of the film "The Fifth Element", Korben (Bruce Willis) and Leela (Mila Jovovich): "Multipass!"

Luc Besson:

The opera singer herself, like all the characters in the film, was invented by Luc Besson. Plavalaguna is one of the three significant female characters, along with Lilu and Korben's mother, besides, she is a mother figure for both Korben and, in particular, for Leelu, with whom she has a mental connection. Among other things, Plavalaguna in the film is a secret agent of the Mondoshavan race and is responsible for the delivery of four of the five elements.

The name of the singer is borrowed from the name of the Croatian town of Plava Laguna, where Luc Besson spent his summer holidays as a child. Translated from Croatian, this name means "Blue Lagoon". Interesting fact- one of the first films with the participation of Mila Jovovich is called Return to the Blue Lagoon. The singer's dress itself, as well as other costumes in the film, were designed by Jean Paul Gaultier, and the character design was created by John Coppinger of Star Wars character design fame.

Diva Plavalaguna

Plavalaguna is a representative of a bipedal alien humanoid upright race, in many ways similar to an earthly woman. In addition to high growth, her pronounced hallmarks are blue skin and blood based on hemocyanin, as well as long appendages on the head and back, like the lekku of the Twi'leks or the appendages of a race of predators. The function of the processes is unknown. There are six long processes on the head, three from each temple, in addition, the head itself has an elongated rounded shape. The other six processes are located two at the base of the neck, in the middle of the back and at the base of the buttocks. There is no hairline on the head.

The role of Diva Plavalaguna was played by the French actress Maywenn, who at the time of the film's production was in a civil marriage with Luc Besson. The aria "Il dolce suono" from the opera "Lucia di Lammermoor" by composer Gaetano Donizetti was performed in Italian "behind the scenes" by opera singer Inva Mula. Part of the aria of Lucia de Lamermour by Plavalaguna is performed with synthetic vocals (that is, voice, but without the use of words and together with music), sung not by a human voice, but created on a computer, since the human voice is unable to master such a range, which is characteristic of the legend of the film for the voices of Plavalaguna.

Aria of Diva Plavalaguna (behind the scenes of the film "The Fifth Element"). How Diva Plavalaguna was filmed

The stage on which the Diva performs the aria, Luc Besson wanted to shoot in France, but could not find a suitable stage, and the shooting had to be moved to London at Royal Covent Garden, as well as to the 007 Stage studio. For some time in various publications it was believed that the voice of the opera diva was the voice of the singer of Inca origin Yma Sumac.

After the release of the film, the name Plavalaguna became somewhat of a household name, to refer to opera singers whose voice range exceeds 5 octaves. It is believed that the aria of Lucia de Lamermour performed by the character caused the popularity of the opera among the public, the character himself is often called a cosmodiva.

The aria of Lucia de Lamermur as Plavalaguna is often performed by contestants of various TV talent shows, as well as popular artists, such as Pelageya, Taisiya Povaliy and Evgenia Laguna. However, none of those who tried closely could come close to the level of performance that Inva Mula achieved.

Similarities of the Plavalaguna dress are often used on many theme parties and Halloween, in addition, fashion designers often use elements of an unusual dress on copies of their shows.

Inva Mula (alb. Inva Mula; born June 27, 1963, Tirana, Albania) is an Albanian opera singer (lyric soprano). She took part in the classical productions of Lucia di Lammermoor, La bohème, Manon, etc. Known for her participation in the film industry, as the voice of Diva Plavalaguna in the film The Fifth Element.

Inva Mula

The author of the music for the film "The 5th Element" Eric Serra (fr. Eric Serra; born September 9, 1959, Saint-Mande, France, French film composer), answered in an interview that he finalized the aria with elements that are simply impossible to sing. He believed that the singer will sing at least 60%, the computer would have finished the rest, but she sang 80%. The composer was very surprised by such a wide range of the diva's voice.

Eric Serra

Diva Plavalaguna's aria is performed by the Albanian opera singer Inva Mula. Inva was born in musical family June 27, 1963 She graduated from a music school and a conservatory. Watching a movie, her voice gives goosebumps - how strong her singing is. But in fact, although Inva Mula's talent is well known to everyone, her performance was still subject to computer processing.

With her amazing range, she really surprised the filmmakers. Initially, it was understood that a person would not be able to sing some of these sounds. So the replacement was a computer. But Inva Mula handled for the most part arias.

Inva Mula