![]() ![]() The shawshank redemption opera scene embodied the spirit of the film’s story, when the wrongly imprisoned, Andy Dufresne (Tim Robbins), locks himself in the prison office in an act of defiance against prison authorities and plays “Duettino- Sull’aria” aria duet from one of Mozart’s most popular operas “The Marriage of Figaro” over the loudspeakers, creating a sense of euphoria throughout the prison yard.Īnd hardened prisoners who haven’t seen the world outside the prison walls for ages, just stood open-mouthed, silenced by the arresting beauty of a sudden soothing music coming from a machine that orders them to do things. One of the greatest scenes in film history is from the great film “The Shawshank Redemption”. An opera song floating in the air and doing incredible charming effect on the prisoners minds and souls. Music has the power to say so much more than we can see… So many movies have tried to express this idea, but The Shawshank Redemption was very good in doing that, and it was done through a single scene.
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