Woody Allen makes opera debut · 2008-09-09 17:50
Film-maker Woody Allen has made his debut as an opera director, as the Los Angeles Opera re-interpreted Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini.
Allen treated the one-act production, part of the composer's Il Trittico trio, as an old Italian film.
And there was laughter from the audience when the performance began with black-and-white credits being projected on to a movie screen.
The 72-year-old did not join the cast and conductor for the curtain call, BBC informs.
This was despite prolonged applause at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and was because of shyness, the opera company said.
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