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 the LA Opera debut 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.

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

CONDUCTOR	Plácido Domingo	View Profile
COMPOSER	Howard Shore	View Profile
LIBRETTIST	David Henry Hwang	View Profile
DIRECTOR	David Cronenberg*	View Profile
SET DESIGNER	Dante Ferretti*	View Profile
COSTUME DESIGNER	Denise Cronenberg*	View Profile
LIGHTING DESIGNER	AJ Weissbard	View Profile
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR/CHORUS MASTER	Grant Gershon	View Profile

* 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.