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An opera film is a recording of an opera on film.

• The Barber of Seville by Mario Costa, 1947, Rossini's opera
• The Lady of the Camellias by Carmine Gallone, 1947, Verdi's opera
• Pagliacci by Mario Costa, 1948, Leoncavallo's opera
• The Legend of Faust by Carmine Gallone, 1949, Boito's opera
• The Force of Destiny by Carmine Gallone, 1950, Verdi's opera
• Aida by Clemente Fracassi, 1953, Verdi's opera
• Madame Butterfly by Carmine Gallone, 1954, Puccini's opera
• Andrea Chénier by Clemente Fracassi, 1955, Giordano's opera
• Tosca by Carmine Gallone, 1956, Puccini's opera
• La Bohème by Franco Zeffirelli, 1965, Puccini's opera
• The Magic Flute by Ingmar Bergman, 1975, Mozart's opera
• Don Giovanni by Joseph Losey, 1979, Mozart's opera
• Rigoletto by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle, 1982, Verdi's opera
• Pagliacci by Franco Zeffirelli, 1982, Leoncavallo's opera
• Cavalleria rusticana by Franco Zeffirelli, 1982, Mascagni's opera
• La traviata by Franco Zeffirelli, 1983, Verdi's opera
• Carmen by Francesco Rosi, 1984, Bizet's opera
• Otello by Franco Zeffirelli, 1986, Verdi's opera
• La Bohème by Luigi Comencini, 1988, Puccini's opera
• The Magic Flute by Kenneth Branagh, 2006, Mozart's opera
• The Magic Flute by Florian Sigl, 2022, Mozart's opera

• Citron, Marcia J. (2000). Opera on Screen. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300081589.
• Citron, Marcia J. (July 2010). When Opera Meets Film. Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Studies in Opera). ISBN 9780521895750.
• Jeongwon Joe; Rose Theresa, eds. (2002). Between Opera and Cinema. Routledge. ISBN 0-8153-3450-8.