Prima Donna

...a party." While he scales back his pop compositions, Wainwright is also gearing up for the North American premiere of his debut opera, Prima Donna, an experience he describes as "seminal in my development as an artist." ELLIS...

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...Moore, The Paramount...our fanciest rooms save Benaroya and McCaw Hall. Speaking of, now that he's written an opera and had it staged-"Prima Donna" was put on last July in Manchester-why not start a relationship with Seattle Opera? "Once you...

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...opera has led him to write one of his own. Wainwright composed the score and wrote French lyrics for his debut classical opera, "Prima Donna," which will have its North American premiere in June 2010 at the Luminato arts festival in...

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...Ellington wrote large-scale compositions. The jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis composed orchestral works and Rufus Wainwright had his opera, Prima Donna, premiered in Manchester this year. I would much rather hear pop musicians trying to be...

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...miscegenation, as both Manchester's laudably mixed 2009 programme and this debut opera attest. Prima Donna may not threaten Verdi's status, but it does confirm Wainwright - overstretched though he is - as a bold experimentalist, yet to...

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...of Strauss, a shot of Massenet and a generous measure of Poulenc. Serve with a twist of Canteloube and a garnish of Brel and you have Prima Donna, Rufus Wainwright's nostalgic tribute to, well, several things. The first is opera...

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...dust-up with the Met special to the star MANCHESTER, ENGLANDaEUR"The marketing machine is in high gear for Rufus Wainwright's new opera Prima Donna, which premiered yesterday as part of the biennial Manchester International Festival.

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...song in the hands of that quirky singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. The trouble is, it's actually the basis of his first opera, Prima Donna and this flimsy plot is spun out into a cheesy piece of full-length music theatre. The only...

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Navigation - link to other main sections from here Rufus Wainwright's first opera, Prima Donna Who would be the best contemporary musician to write an opera for the masses? The cheerfully immodest singer-songwriter has a clear idea

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