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Antonio Banderas to direct a new version of the opera Carmen
By h.b. - Dec 15, 2007 - 10:52 AM
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Málaga actor, Antonio Banderas, has revealed that he is to direct a version of the opera Carmen for the Junta de Andalucía.
Banderas is said to be an Opera lover, and claims to have listened to some 40 or so operas last summer.
He also working on the dubbing of the new film ‘Puss n Boots’.
Speaking in Buenos Aires, Banderas said he also has two other offers on the table, to play the role of the Italian director, Federico Fellini, in a new film on his life, and to play the instructor in the new Zorro film based on a work by Isabel Allende.
During his visit to Argentina, Banderas and his wife, Melanie Griffith, became the first stars to be received by the new Argentine President, Cristina Fernández.