Quote Originally Posted by Freya View Post
Also, a bit weird perhaps, but I tried to sing it once in the game. xD" You know, you get the script on the screen, and you have the music in the background. So I tried to imagine how it is sung. But I failed. Again. XD" After that I asked someone I knew if she had the song and she gave me a very very good version of it. <3 That one I really love to listen to. x3
Which version? There are several. Most of them are named "Aria di Mezzo Caratere". The Black Mages version is epic and spectacular. The only bad thing is that the lyrics are in Japanese, which sucks a bit when you realize that the last part of the mini-opera is missing. IIRC, the last part of the song is basically Maria saying her good-byes and speaking to the two heroes, before everybody bursts into song.

I honestly don't seem to recall the VII theatrical montage, but IX's "I Want to be your Canary" is more of a comedy of sorts. A bit of traditional comedy instead of a modern comedy, where everything seems a bit light-hearted and the female protagonist is meant to have her reward at the end. My only problem would be that it's a bit less personal, so to speak, than the FFVI opera.