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The Fly is an opera in two acts by Canadian composer Howard Shore with a libretto by David Henry Hwang. It was commissioned by Paris' Théâtre du Châtelet, where it premiered on 2 July 2008, and Edgar Baitzel, then director of the Los Angeles Opera, where the opera was first performed on 7 September 2008. The work was broadcast by Radio France's station France Musique on 2 August 2008.^[1]

The opera is loosely based on David Cronenberg's 1986 film The Fly, which was based on the short story of the same name by George Langelaan. Shore, coincidentally, also wrote the score for that film.^[2]

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast^[3]^[4], 2 July 2008 Conductor: Plácido Domingo
Seth Brundle, scientist	bass-baritone	Daniel Okulitch
Veronica Quaife, journalist	mezzo-soprano	Ruxandra Donose
Stathis Borans, editor	tenor	David Curry in Paris^[5] Gary Lehman in Los Angeles^[6]
Officer/Medical Analyst/Cheevers	mezzo-soprano	Beth Clayton
Marky	tenor	Jay Hunter Morris
Scientist #1	mezzo-soprano	Sophie van de Woestyne in Paris Silvia Vasquez in Los Angeles
Scientist #2	baritone	Jean-Gabriel Saint-Martin in Paris Nicholas Hartley in Los Angeles
Scientist #3	mezzo-soprano	Louise Callinan in Paris Anna Jablonski in Los Angeles
Scientist #4	baritone	Frederic Goncalves in Paris Matthew Moore in Los Angeles
Scientist #5	baritone	Luc Lalonde in Paris Andrew Wilkowske in Los Angeles
Director		David Cronenberg
Set designer		Dante Ferretti
Costume designer		Denise Cronenberg
Lighting designer		A.J. Weissbard
Associate conductor/Chorus master		Grant Gershon
Makeup and creature design		Stephan L. Dupuis
Makeup, creature and puppet fabrication		Mark A. Rappaport's Creature Effects, Inc.

The opera runs approximately two hours. As of 2011^[update], there exists no recording.

References

^ Héro, Florian (30 June 2008). "Histoire d'une oeuvre: Howard Shore: The Fly" (in French). Radio France. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
^ Tommasini, Anthony (8 September 2008). "The Song of the Brundlefly". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
^ "Howard Shore: The Fly – The Opera: The Creative Team". Los Angeles Opera. 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
^ "Howard Shore: The Fly – The Opera: The Cast". Los Angeles Opera. 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.
^ Riding, Alan (5 July 2008). "Trying to Teach 'The Fly' to Soar Operatically". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2008.
^ "LA Opera – The Fly (playbill)". Los Angeles Opera. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.

External links

"Howard Shore: The Fly The Opera (homepage)". Los Angeles Opera. 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
"Théâtre du Châtelet: The Fly" (in French). Théâtre du Châtelet. 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
Davies, Lizzy (3 July 2008). "The Fly lands on Paris stage as a Cronenberg opera". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 July 2008. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help) (a review)

[1] Héro, Florian (30 June 2008). "Histoire d'une oeuvre: Howard Shore: The Fly" (in French). Radio France. Retrieved 21 August 2008.

[2] Tommasini, Anthony (8 September 2008). "The Song of the Brundlefly". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 September 2008. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

[3] "Howard Shore: The Fly – The Opera: The Creative Team". Los Angeles Opera. 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.

[4] "Howard Shore: The Fly – The Opera: The Cast". Los Angeles Opera. 2008. Retrieved 4 June 2008.

[5] Riding, Alan (5 July 2008). "Trying to Teach 'The Fly' to Soar Operatically". The New York Times. Retrieved 9 July 2008.

[6] "LA Opera – The Fly (playbill)". Los Angeles Opera. Archived from the original on 11 May 2008. Retrieved 10 September 2008.

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+'''''The Fly''''' is an [[opera]] in two acts by Canadian [[composer]] [[Howard Shore]] with a [[libretto]] by [[David Henry Hwang]]. It was [[Commission (art)|commissioned]] by Paris' [[Théâtre du Châtelet]], where it premiered on 2 July 2008, and [[Edgar Baitzel]], then director of the [[Los Angeles Opera]], where the opera was first performed on 7 September 2008. The work was broadcast by [[Radio France]]'s station [[France Musique]] on 2 August 2008.<ref>{{cite web
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-The story of the opera is loosely based on [[David Cronenberg]]'s 1986 film ''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'' which was based on the short story [[The Fly (George Langelaan)|of the same name]] by [[George Langelaan]]; Howard Shore also wrote the —unrelated— score for that film.<ref>{{cite news
+The opera is loosely based on [[David Cronenberg]]'s 1986 film ''[[The Fly (1986 film)|The Fly]]'', which was based on the short story [[The Fly (George Langelaan)|of the same name]] by [[George Langelaan]]. Shore, coincidentally, also wrote the score for that film.<ref>{{cite news
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-The opera is approximately two hours in length. {{As of|2009}}, there exists no recording.
+The opera runs approximately two hours. {{As of|2011}}, there exists no recording.
 ==References==

v t e The Fly
"The Fly" by George Langelaan
Original series	The Fly (1958) Return of the Fly (1959) Curse of the Fly (1965)
Remake series	The Fly (1986) The Fly II (1989)
Other	Seth Brundle Opera (2008)
Category

v t e Works by David Henry Hwang
Full-length plays	FOB (1980) Family Devotions (1981) Rich Relations (1986) M. Butterfly (1988) Face Value (1993) Golden Child (1996) Peer Gynt (1998) Tibet Through the Red Box (2004) Yellow Face (2007) Chinglish (2011) Kung Fu (2014)
Short plays	The Dance and the Railroad (1981) The House of Sleeping Beauties (1983) The Sound of a Voice (1983) As the Crow Flies (1986) Bondage (1992) Trying to Find Chinatown (1996) Bang Kok (1996) Merchandising (1999) Jade Flowerpots and Bound Feet (2001) The Great Helmsman (2007) A Very DNA Reunion (2010) Cain and Abel (2014)
Film/television	Blind Alleys (1985) M. Butterfly (1993) Golden Gate (1994) The Lost Empire/The Monkey King (2001) Possession (2002) The Affair (2016)
Music theatre	1000 Airplanes on the Roof (1988) The Voyage (1992) The Silver River (1997) Aida (2000) Flower Drum Song (2001) Ainadamar (2003) The Sound of a Voice (2003) Tarzan (2006) Alice in Wonderland (2007) The Fly (2008) Dream of the Red Chamber (2016) An American Soldier (2018) Soft Power (2018)