David Cronenberg has become a genius or is incredibly stupid. He and Grammy and Oscar-winner composer Howard Shore (Lord of the Rings) have teamed up with Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) to bring you The Fly The Opera, an operatic adaptation of Cronenberg’s 1986 film The Fly.
I don’t know much about operas but I do know who Plácido Domingo is, and they got him to conduct the U.S. premiere for the LA Opera, who commissioned the opera. In the world of stuffy music Domingo is a heavy-hitter, so having him involved adds some street-cred I would guess.
Time magazine described The Fly as “a profound parable on love and loss.” Uhm… what, no Brundle-Fly vomit?
Below Shore talks about The Fly The Opera.
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