Plácido Domingo
CONDUCTOR
Plácido Domingo has conducted symphonic concerts with such renowned orchestras as the Berlin Philharmonic, London Symphony and the Chicago Symphony.
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Israel Gursky
CONDUCTOR (SEP. 13, 20)
Conductor Israel Gursky has been an assistant conductor with the Washington National Opera since 2001 and has prepared more then 20 operas for that company.
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Howard Shore
COMPOSER
Howard Shore's scores are among the most celebrated and popular in movie history, garnering four Grammy Awards and three Oscars as well as honors and awards from leading critic associations.
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David Henry Hwang
LIBRETTIST
Henry David Hwang is a playwright, screenwriter, and librettist who will make his LA Opera debut as librettist for The Fly.
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David Cronenberg
DIRECTOR
David Cronenberg made his feature film directorial debut with the 1975 modern-vampire film Shivers and gained popularity with The Brood, Scanners and Videodrome, The Dead Zone and The Fly.
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Dante Ferretti
SET DESIGNER
Italian-born set designer Dante Ferretti began his career in production design in 1967, working with such acclaimed Italian directors as Pier Paoli Pasolini and Federico Fellini.
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Denise Cronenberg
COSTUME DESIGNER
Denise Cronenberg collaborates frequently with her brother and designs costumes for his films like The Fly, Dead Ringers, Naked Lunch, Crash, eXistenZ, Spider and A History of Violence.
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AJ Weissbard
LIGHTING DESIGNER
A.J. Weissbard's selected lighting design credits include projects with Robert Wilson, Peter Stein, Peter Greenaway, Bernard Sobel, William Kentrdige and Martha Graham Dance Company.
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Grant Gershon
ASSOCIATE CONDUCTOR/CHORUS MASTER
Grant Gershon joined LA Opera during the 2007/08 season as Associate Conductor / Chorus Master.
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Stephan L. Dupuis
MAKEUP AND CREATURE DESIGN
Having had pencil in hand and sketching since he was five years old, he first desired to go into animation and honed his skills in caricature and life drawing.
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Mark Rappaport's Creature Effects, Inc.
MAKEUP, CREATURE AND PUPPET FABRICATION
Creature Effects, Inc. is an independently owned business that produces animatronics and makeup effects for film and television.
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