And Opera Chic's prophecy on film directors' crossover into opera is still going strong: Canadian creeponysterical film director and opera fan David Cronenberg...
has teamed up with tenor Placido Domingo and Oscar-winning composer Howard Shore to create an opera based on Cronenberg's 1986 movie, The Fly.
The unlikely trio made an official announcement Friday in Paris saying the co-production between Theatre du Chatelet in Paris and the Los Angeles Opera would open in Paris July 1, 2008, and then move to Los Angeles in September.
Teh key aria writes itself, Howie: "I'm becoming... Brundlefly!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!111"