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David Cronenberg's "The Fly" Is Now An Opera In Paris [Brundleopera]

Jul 3, 2008, 11:15am Idolator
Past The Point of No Return of The Fly
An opera based on an '80s remake of a '50s sci-fi classic. Conducted by Placido Domingo. Music by Howard Shore and directed by David Cronenberg, both of whom worked on 1986 classic. Currently playing in Paris and set to hit in Los Angeles in September. Well, that takes care of the what, when and who. All that leaves us is the how and the why why why ? The original story is pretty melodramatic, but opera? Color me ignorant, but I didn't realize until reading the Guardian 's review of La Mouche (if only it was [...]
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