The Fly

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The Fly
Howard Shore

An award-winning dream team of composer Howard Shore, director David Cronenberg, and playwright David Henry Hwang makes an intriguing LA Opera debut bringing a cult classic to life.

Plácido Domingo conducts the U.S. premiere of the LA Opera-commissioned opera written by Oscar®-winning composer Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) based on David Cronenberg's critically acclaimed classic cult film, with a libretto by the Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly). This marks not only the operatic debut of the film director, but also of the celebrated Academy Award-winning designer Dante Ferretti (The Aviator, Sweeney Todd).

Time magazine described The Fly as "a profound parable on love and loss." In its metamorphosis into an opera, this dark romantic tragedy presents a Kafkaesque meditation on man's uneasy relationship with technology. As the doomed scientist Seth Brundle and his girlfriend Veronica Quaife, Daniel Okulitch and Ruxandra Donose will be making their LA Opera debuts. Kurt Streit plays the part of Veronica's editor and former lover, Stathis Borans.

PRODUCTION DATES
Sunday September 7, 2008 2:00 p.m.
Wednesday September 10, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Saturday September 13, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday September 16, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Saturday September 20, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Saturday September 27, 2008 2:00 p.m.

CAST LIST
SETH BRUNDLE Daniel Okulitch*
VERONICA QUAIFE Ruxandra Donose
OFFICER/MEDICAL ANALYST/CHEEVERS Beth Clayton*
STATHIS BORANS Kurt Streit
MARKY Jay Hunter Morris

CREATIVE TEAM
COMPOSER Howard Shore
LIBRETTIST David Henry Hwang
CONDUCTOR Plácido Domingo
DIRECTOR David Cronenberg *
SET DESIGNER Dante Ferretti *
COSTUME DESIGNER Denise Cronenberg *
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR/CHORUS MASTER Grant Gershon

* LA Opera debut.

PRE-PERFORMANCE LECTURE:
One hour prior to each performance.
Pre-performance lectures are generously sponsored by the Flora L. Thornton Foundation and the Opera League of Los Angeles.

PRODUCTION NOTES:
An LA Opera commission
U.S. Premiere / New Production
Sung in English.

Artists and dates subject to change.