What is the name of the opera that is often played at football games?
A specific example is when the New England Patriots revealed there
Super Bowl banner in Week 1 of the 2004 season (the Colts were the
visiting team) this opera was playing in the background.

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Request for Question Clarification by justaskscott-ga on 29 Sep 2006 20:24 PDT

Are you thinking of "O Fortuna" from Carmina Burana?

You can hear a MIDI version of the song playing at this page:

Stan's Carmina Burana Page
http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Carmina/

If you think that this is it, I can provide a couple of additional
links concerning this work as an answer.

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Clarification of Question by sirluke4-ga on 03 Oct 2006 14:43 PDT

That is what I was looking for! If you can provide me a link to where
I can purchase a copy that would be all I need!

Hi sirluke4,

"O Fortuna" appears at the beginning and end of Carl Orff's "Carmina
Burana," which has been recorded many times.  Here's a link to the
bestselling version of "Carmina Burana" on Amazon.com:

"Orff: Carmina Burana" [Conductor: Riccardo Muti]
http://www.amazon.com/Orff-Carmina-Burana-Riccardo-Muti/dp/B00001ZSXC/

- justaskscott


Search strategy --

Searched on Google and Amazon for:

"carmina burana"
"o fortuna"

Exactly what I wanted to know.

sirluke4: Operas are not performed at football games...doing that
would make for a really long halftime. You probably meant to ask: What
operatic excerpt is often played at football games?
Regards,
k22

Our school chorus did Carmina Burana- Now, I want to sing along every
time I hear it!