华丽的咏叹产自英国是一部喜剧片该剧的语言类型是其它该剧大致讲述的是 十位导演拍摄的十部短片，每一段基于一部歌剧的一首咏叹调。详细目录如下小说配乐 Robert Altman (segment "Les Boréades") Bruce Beresford (segment "Die tote Stadt") Bill Bryden (segment "I pagliacci") Jean-Luc Godard (segment "Armide") Derek Jarman (segment "Depuis le jour") Franc Roddam (segment "Liebestod") Nicolas Roeg (segment "Un ballo in maschera") Ken Russell (segment "Nessun dorma") Charles Sturridge (segment "La virgine degli angeli") Julien Temple (segment "Rigoletto")
