What Song Does Nicolas Cage Sing in The Family Man? — “La donna è mobile”
If you’ve ever wondered what song Nicolas Cage sings in The Family Man (2000), I have the answer!
In short: it’s the aria “La donna è mobile” from Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Rigoletto. Above is the version sung by Luciano Pavarotti.
The scene
Early in the film, Cage’s character, the successful financier Jack Campbell, gets ready for work in his luxurious penthouse and happily sings along to this aria — with gusto, even playing air guitar. The recording heard in the film’s soundtrack is Pavarotti’s.
About the aria
“La donna è mobile” (“Woman is fickle”) is sung by the Duke of Mantua in Act 3 of Rigoletto. The opera premiered in Venice in 1851, and this aria is one of the most recognizable tunes in all of opera — even people who have never been to an opera house hum it.
A wonderful song: the melody gets stuck in your head and you want to sing — or at least go “la-la-la” :-)