"This should be a laugh fest with all types of audiences", wrote Fil… Contemporary reviews were positive. The whole plot including the love story is a thin pretext for the Marx Brothers to sow chaos everywhere they go. A Night at the Opera is a 1935 American comedy movie starring the Marx Brothers, Kitty Carlisle, Allan Jones, Margaret Dumont, Sig Ruman, and Walter Woolf King. George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind have given them a resounding slapstick to play with and they wield it with maniacal delight." "The comedy material is always good and sometimes brilliant", reported Variety. It was the first of five movies the Marx Brothers made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer after their departure from Paramount Pictures, and the first after Zeppo left the act. A superimposed title reads: "ITALY - WHERE THEY SING ALL DAY AND GO TO THE OPERA AT NIGHT." The album's title is taken from the Marx Brothers film of the same name. Andre Sennwald of The New York Times wrote, "If 'A Night at the Opera' is a trifle below their best, it is also considerably above the standard of laughter that has been our portion since they quit the screen. According to MGM's dialogue cutting continuity, the film originally began (after the opening credits) with the image of a "boat on canal."

A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock band Queen, released on 21 November 1975 by EMI Records in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. The climax of the movie is the opera opening night and the three brothers doing everything imaginable to sabotage Lassparri’s performance and provide Baroni with an opportunity to sing as the lead tenor in his place. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, it was reportedly the most expensive album ever recorded at the time of its release. A Night at the Opera (1935) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The actual night at the opera in A Night at the Opera must be seen to be believed, but the spirit of the scene can be summed up by Gottleib's anguished cry "A battleship in Il Trovatore!" A sly business manager and two wacky friends of two opera singers help them achieve success while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.