L.A. Opera to produce "The Fly"
Posted By Mack Reed On February 7, 2008 @ 9:08 am In Music | Comments Disabled
This is not a hallucination. This is not a joke. This is a dream pop-culture mashup:
Coming to the L.A. Opera this fall: “The Fly [1],” an opera with music by Howard Shore, libretto by David Henry Hwang, design by Dante Ferretti, conducted by Placido Domingo and directed by David Cronenberg.
I can barely contain my excitement, nor can I conceive of how insanely wonderful this production could be. If you’re familiar with the source material – Cronenberg’s brilliantly squicky 1986 movie [2] with Jeff Goldblum and Geena Davis, you know it has all the requisite themes for great melodramatic opera: love, passion, betrayal and blood …
Add to that: music by Howard Shore, who’s written great movie scores over the past 10+ years including Lord of the Rings (sample [3], more samples [4]), Ed Wood (sample [5]). and The Cell [6] (sample [7]) not to mention half a dozen Cronenberg productions including “A History of Violence” and “Eastern Promises.”
Libretto by David Henry Hwang (responsible for the under-loved 1998 M. Butterfly [8] that Cronenberg made into a 1993 movie [9].
Dante Ferretti [10] has handled production design on a broad array of big-budget films, ranging from Gangs of New York [11] and Interview with the Vampire [12] to Il Trovatore [13] and Sweeney Todd [14].
Placido Domingo [15] is <a href=”http://www.google.com/search?q=placido+domingo+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=fireforesident genius [16].
And Cronenberg – well hell. Here’s the cast list with profiles [1].
Two questions: When do tickets go on sale? And how are they going to design a credible fly mask that Daniel Okulitch can sing through?
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URL to article: http://la.metblogs.com/2008/02/07/la-opera-to-produce-the-fly/
URLs in this post:
[1] The Fly: http://www.laopera.com/productions/0809/thefly/index.htm
[2] movie: http://imdb.com/title/tt0091064/
[3] sample: http://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/media/sample.m3u/ref=dm_dp_trk45_smpl?ie=UTF8&catalogItemType=track&ASIN=B00122KZ28&CustomerID=A3OOXDVHJINTJL&qid=1202401816&sr=103-1
[4] more samples: http://www.amazon.com/Lord-Rings-Return-Complete-Recordings/dp/B00122KW0I/ref=sr_f3_1?ie=UTF8&s=dmusic&qid=1202401816&sr=103-1
[5] sample: http://www.amazon.com/gp/dmusic/media/sample.m3u/ref=sr_smpl_0?ie=UTF8&catalogItemType=track&ASIN=B000QPY2DA&CustomerID=A3OOXDVHJINTJL&DownloadLocation=SEARCH
[6] The Cell: http://imdb.com/title/tt0209958/
[7] sample: http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/clipserve/B00004XSKR001002/1/ref=mu_sam_ra001_002
[8] M. Butterfly: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=P9o&q=m.+butterfly+hwang&btnG=Search
[9] movie: http://imdb.com/title/tt0107468/
[10] Dante Ferretti: http://www.google.com/search?q=dante+ferretti&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
[11] Gangs of New York: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217505/
[12] Interview with the Vampire: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110148/
[13] Il Trovatore: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0452060/
[14] Sweeney Todd: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408236/
[15] Placido Domingo: http://www.google.com/search?q=placido+domingo+&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
[16] resident genius: http://www.losangelesopera.com/domingo.htm
[17] LA Opera’s First Ever Costume Shop Sale: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/10/06/la-opera-to-hold-first-ever-costume-shop-sale/
[18] Red shit-bucket state bitch slaps Hollywood liberal elite: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/02/04/red-shit-bucket-state-bitch-slaps-hollywood-liberal-elite/
[19] Ah, to be Young, Talented and Castrated: Musical farce at REDCAT: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/01/30/mosters-prodigies/
[20] Monastic: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/04/11/monastic/
[21] Mobile Gourmet Rodeo: "Square Meal on Wheels" @ MOCA: http://la.metblogs.com/2009/06/24/mobile-gourmet-rodeo-square-meal-on-wheels-moca/
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