Classical Music Goes to the Movies

I enjoy listening to classical music on Minnesota Public Radio while driving the minivan from place to place.  Twice in the past week, my kids have recognized pieces because of their interest in the comics, of all places.  Here is Charles Gounod's "Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo and Juliet sung by "Bianca Castafiore" in The Adventures of Tintin. A fantastic operatic piece!

Then driving the little ones to school yesterday, one of the girls shouts out that the song playing on the radio was called "The Barber of Seville Bugs Bunny!"  I had to laugh.  It was actually called the overture to The Barber of Seville by Rossini but you may enjoy "The Rabbit of Seville" by Looney Tunes here: