LA Opera goes Hollywood

September 07, 2008 Filmmakers William Friedkin and Woody Allen will direct the three one-act operas that make up Puccini's "Il Trittico," and David Cronenberg will direct (and Domingo conduct) the U.S. premiere of Howard Shore's "The Fly," adapted from Cronenberg's 1986 film for which Shore supplied the score. Cronenberg, whom Domingo introduced along with Shore at a recent news conference at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, admits not having done any stage work since "playing Banquo in high school," but he talked enthusiastically about the challenge. Allen, who has directed only his own one-act plays, recently told the Village Voice, "I'll just do the best I can, and then get out of town and let them tar and feather Friedkin."

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