十位导演拍摄的十部短片，看片每一段基于一部歌剧的一首咏叹调。详细目录如下：看片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")