The New York filmmaker will make his operatic directorial debut with the opening event of the LA Opera's 2008-09 season."I have no idea what I am doing," Allen said in a statement Thursday. "But incompetence has never prevented me from plunging in with enthusiasm."
It says here that Gianni Schicchi is Puccini's only comedy. Whoever provided that info snippet clearly has never seen La Boheme.
And Terry Gilliam will be directing Andrea Chenier at La Scala - I didn't expect the Reign of Terror. No one expects the Reign of Terror - ad lib ad nauseam