Top 10 Best Performers the aria Diva Plavalaguna from Fifth Element
Diva Plavalaguna (Mayvenn Le Besco) in the episode “Concert on Flooston” performs the aria “Il dolce suono” from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera “Lucia di Lammermoor”, turning into vocalization on the original composition of Eric Serra “The Diva dance” (“Diva Dance”) in one performance. Computer processing by Eric Serra and sound engineer Mark Mangini gave the voice of a real Albanian singer Inva Mula (soprano) a coloratura and range impossible for human vocal cords. 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. Luke Besson also admired opera singer Maria Callas, but her 1950 recording of Lucia was not “clean enough” for use in the film.
Mayvenn Le Besco (diva Plavalaguna) met filmmaker Luke Besson when she was 12, and they started dating when she was 15. In January 1993, at the age of 16, she gave birth to their daughter Shannu. On DVDs for the 1994 film Leon: Professional, Mavenn says the film is based on her relationship with Besson. She was 20 years old at the beginning of filming (early 1996) of The Fifth Element, during which Besson left her for the movie star, Milla Jovovich.
Lucia di Lammermoor
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 piè!
Presso la fonte meco t'assidi alquanto!
Si', Presso la fonte meco t'assidi.