{{short description|1948 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Mad About Opera | image = Mad About Opera poster.jpg | caption = | director = Mario Costa | producer = Maleno Malenotti <br> Cesare Zanetti | writer = Mario Costa <br />Mario Monicelli<br /> Giovanna Soria<br /> Steno | starring = Gino Bechi <br />Gina Lollobrigida <br> Carlo Campanini | music = Felice Montagnini | cinematography = Mario Bava | editing = Otello Colangeli |studio = Scalera Film | distributor = Scalera Film | released = {{Film date|1948|08|10|df=yes}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = Italy | language = Italian }} '''''Mad About Opera''''' (Italian: '''''Follie per l'opera''''') is a 1948 Italian musical comedy film directed by Mario Costa and starring Gino Bechi, Gina Lollobrigida, and Carlo Campanini.<ref name="45-59">{{cite book|author1=Roberto Chiti |author2=Roberto Poppi |author3=Enrico Lancia |title=Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film|publisher=Gremese, 1991|isbn=8876055487}}</ref><ref name=Mereghetti>{{cite book|last=Paolo Mereghetti|title=Il Mereghetti|publisher=B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010|isbn=8860736269}}</ref> It was shot at the Scalera Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Piero Filippone. Footage from the film was late re-incorporated in the 1950 British film ''Soho Conspiracy''.
==Plot== In order to raise funds to rebuild a Catholic church in Covent Garden which had been destroyed in The Blitz, a journalist organises a benefit performance with major opera stars appearing.
== Cast == *Gino Bechi as Gino *Gina Lollobrigida as Dora Scala *Carlo Campanini as Carlo Scala *Constance Dowling as Margaret Jones *Aroldo Tieri as Guido Marchi *Aldo Silvani as Don Antonio Capenna *Lamberto Picasso as McLean *Franca Marzi as Carmen *Guglielmo Barnabò as Covent Garden Director *Nico Pepe as Carlo Scala's Friend *Michele Riccardini as Carlo Scala's Friend *Luigi Almirante as Notary *Arturo Bragaglia as Waiter *Franco Pesce as Gennarino *Enrico Luzi as Opera Fanatic * Achille Majeroni as Mr. Brown *Franco Mannino as The Pianist *Beniamino Gigli as Himself *Maria Caniglia as Herself *Tito Schipa as Himself *Tito Gobbi as Himself
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0040362}}
Category:French romantic comedy films Category:1948 musical comedy films Category:1948 films Category:Italian romantic comedy films Category:Films directed by Mario Costa Category:Films about classical music and musicians Category:Films set in London Category:1948 Italian films Category:1948 French films Category:1948 Italian-language films Category:Italian-language musical comedy films
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