'Anna Nicole' opera to premiere next February
Last Updated: 2:40 PM, March 10, 2010
Posted: 12:44 PM, March 10, 2010
Comments: 0
PrintLONDON — The world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's "Anna Nicole" will be presented by the Royal Opera next Feb. 17, starring Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the late model and Playboy playmate.
The Royal Opera says Covent Garden Music Director Antonio Pappano will conduct and Richard Jones will direct.
PHOTOS: STARS WHO DIED TOO YOUNG
Turnage is the composer of "Greek" and the West End show "Jerry Springer: The Opera." The libretto is by Richard Thomas.
Smith died of an accidental drug overdose in 2007. She was 39.
Born in Houston and raised in Mexia, Texas, Smith was Playboy's Playmate of the Year in 1993. She married 89-year-old Houston oil tycoon J. Howard Marshall II the following year. After his death in 1995, she fought a protracted legal battle with his son over his estimated $500 million fortune.
PostPics
Today in Pictures-
Christian Siriano Spring 2011 fashion show
-
Celebrities at Fashion Week, Day 1
-
Project Runway season finale fashion show
-
Celebrities at Fashion's Night Out: The Show
-
21 Must-See Fall Movies
Click on Each Photo
Most Popular
- 'Romantic' night
- Mom claims Lady Gaga copied sexy act of late Staten Island teen collaborator
- Kiefer Sutherland makes wobbly Gaslight exit
- Patti Stanger warns: Don't do jocks!
- Sweden's Princess Madeleine in flirting mode
- Celebrity photos: September 9, 2010
- Minka Kelly
- Celebrities at Fashion's Night Out: The Show
- Sexy Russian 'spy' Anna Chapman
- Lady Gaga's avant-garde style
- Orioles deliver rare Bronx beating to CC, Yankees
- Iconic steel column returns to WTC
- Bam in the bunker
- Losing plays
- Mayor Bloomberg says he's not against pastor's planned Koran burning
- Exclusive: Britney Spears Struggling to Control Kids Amid Abuse Allegations Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:43:06 GMT
- Facial Hair Fails: Which Beards Blew It? Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:51:56 GMT
- Surveillance Video Proves Vince Neil Didn't Hit Woman, Hotel Says Thu, 09 Sep 2010 19:15:00 GMT
- Woman Reads Playboy for the Blind (And Not Just the Articles) Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:24:23 GMT
- Vince Neil's Accuser: He Bruised Me Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:15:00 GMT
Comments (0)