Music Theatre since 1990 - Schott Music

Synopsis
Based on the 1957 George Langelaan short story and the 1986 David Cronenberg horror film,
The Fly is an engrossing exploration of the physical and psychological transformation in which
a brilliant scientist begins to mutate into a hybrid of man and fly after one of his experiments
goes horribly wrong. Researcher Seth Brundle makes a stunning breakthrough in the field of
matter transportation when he successfully teleports a living creature. Frustrated in his budding
romance with a scientific journalist, and in need of a human subject, he recklessly attempts to
teleport himself. An unseen fly enters the transmission booth as well, however, and Brundle
soon realizes that his experiment has had ‘mixed’ results.
The Fly
02.07.2008 Théâtre du Châtelet, Paris
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. To bring this work to the opera stage has
been a longtime dream. (Howard Shore)
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