Hopscotch (film) describes bullets flying and even bombs exploding. There is also the aria "[[Largo al Factotum]]" from the opera [[The Barber of Seville]] by [[Gioachino Rossini]]. Matthau sings this as he passes a border checkpoint. The words to the aria explain how everyone is looking for the barber, and he moves fast like lightning. Kendig has the aria "[[Un bel dì vedremo|Un Bel Dì Vedremo]]" ("One Beautiful Day") from [[Madame Butterfly]] by [[Giacomo Puccini]] playing loudly on the stereo as the FBI and CIA shoot up Myerson's wife's house. The operatic contrapunto adds a surreal air of ironic justice to the
Julianna Di Giacomo made her debut with the New York Philharmonic as the soprano soloist in Beethoven's "Symphony No. 9"; a work she had performed a year earlier with the Vienna Philharmonic. Also in 2014, she made her debut at the San Francisco Opera as Amelia in "Un ballo in maschera", appeared at the Hollywood Bowl as Nedda in "Pagliacci" with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and portrayed Desdemona in "Otello" at the Teatro Massimo. In May 2015 Di Giacomo portrayed the title role in Verdi's "Luisa Miller" at the Teatro di San Carlo. In June 2015 she portrayed Leonora for her debut with