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Howard Shore's The Fly in US Premiere; Shore's Fanfare for Organ and Brass Receives World Premiere in Philadelphia

Sep. 08, 2008

After receiving its world premiere at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, Howard Shore's The Fly makes its way to Los Angeles Opera for its US premiere on Sunday, September 7. Based on the film of the same name by Shore's longtime collaborator David Cronenberg, The Fly is set to a libretto by David Henry Hwang and is an engrossing exploration of the physical and psychological transformation that takes place when a brilliant scientist begins to mutate into a hybrid of man and fly as a result of an experiment gone horribly wrong. Shore comments:

I always believed The Fly to be a classic opera story. It's a tale of love and death, true love surviving in the face of physical decay and ultimate sacrifice. The Fly already had many 'operatic' ingredients, but I didn't want to redo the film, or work with the projection or video. I wanted to bring to life a truly theatrical experience.

Conducted by Plácido Domingo and directed by David Cronenberg, the LA Opera run of The Fly commences on September 7 with five additional performances through September 27.

Howard Shore's new work for organ and brass, Fanfare, commissioned by Macy's to celebrate their 150th anniversary, is given its world premiere by organist Peter Richard Conte and the brass players from The Philadelphia Orchestra, led by conductor Rossen Milanov, on September 27 in the Wanamaker Building of Philadelphia. Conte will perform on the original Wanamaker Organ, said to be the largest playable organ in the world with 28,500 pipes.

For more information on Howard Shore's music, go to www.schott-music.com and www.howardshore.com.

To learn more on LA Opera's production of The Fly, please visit www.laopera.com.

Howard Shore
Fanfare (2008)
for organ and brass ensemble
4hn.3tp.2tbn.btbn-org (opt perc.)
5'

The Fly (2008)
an opera in two acts
libretto (En) by David Henry Hwang after the short story by George Langelaan
for 2S, 6Mz, 3T, 4Bar, B and SATB chorus
3(3.pic)3(3.ca)3(3.bcl)2-434(3.4.btbn)0-timp.perc-hp.cel-str
122'

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