Woody Allen directing an opera? In Los Angeles? It's set to happen in September 2008, according to Placido Domingo who's general director of the Los Angeles Opera.
REPORTER: The New York filmmaker is scheduled to direct "Gianni Schicchi," part of a trio of one act operas by Puccini.
REPORTER: “Gianni Schicchi" is set in medieval Florence. It's Puccini's only comedy. Allen says he has "no idea'' what he's doing. But he jokes that incompetence has never prevented him from plunging in with enthusiasm.
REPORTER: Domingo says he's often asked movie directors to try their hand at opera. He says he'd been after Allen for four years.