Opera fans set for the big din
BILLY Connolly is facing his biggest challenge – singing one of the great Italian operas in his latest film.
The Big Yin has to learn Verdi’s classic Rigoletto for a movie directed by his friend Dustin Hoffman.
But he has told his voice coach Sean Jeffrey: “I cannae sing – I have a voice like a duck farting in the fog.”
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The Big Yin has to learn Verdi’s classic Rigoletto for a movie directed by his friend Dustin Hoffman
The comedian, who turns 69 next month, agreed to shave off his beard and crop his hair to play the aged, sex-obsessed singer Wilfred.
He stars alongside Tom Courtenay, Pauline Collins and Maggie Smith.
Quartet sees Downton Abbey star Smith play a former grand dame of opera, forced into reduced circumstances.
She moves into a retirement home for musicians and really shakes it up.