The Fly, The Opera

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Plácido Domingo Announces in Paris
the World Premiere of
The Fly

Co-production of LA Opera and Théâtre du Châtelet – Paris
A New Opera with Music by Howard Shore
and Libretto by David Henry Hwang
David Cronenberg to Direct
Plácido Domingo to Conduct

Plácido Domingo, who holds the title of Broad General Director of Los Angeles Opera, and Jean-Luc Choplin, General Manager of the Théâtre du Châtelet, revealed the creative team for the new opera The Fly at a press announcement today in Paris. Based on the 1957 George Langelaan short story and the 1986 David Cronenberg horror film, the opera is composed by Academy Award winner Howard Shore to a libretto written by Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang. The Fly will be directed by Mr. Cronenberg, winner of the New York Critics Circle Award and three-time nominee for the Cannes Film Festival’s Golden Palm award, who will make his operatic debut. Plácido Domingo will conduct. The production will feature set designs by Academy Award winner Dante Ferretti and costume designs by Denise Cronenberg, a three-time nominee for Canada’s Genie Award. The Fly will receive its world premiere on July 2, 2008, in Paris at the Théâtre du Châtelet with subsequent performances on July 2, 5, 8, 11 and 13. The Fly will then be presented in its U.S. premiere by LA Opera on September 7, 2008, to open the Company’s 2008/09 Season. LA Opera’s performances of The Fly will take place at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, 135 North Grand Avenue, Los Angeles.