Prima Donna

...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 Toronto. Wainwright said...

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...in French instead of English and the project was relocated to Britain. Prima Donna will be performed at the Luminato Festival in Toronto as well as Melbourne next year. "At just 36, Rufus Wainwright is the consummate performer whose...

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...Duke 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...

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...I m ready for my close-up now. Perhaps this is what the popular singer/composer Rufus Wainwright had in mind when he penned Prima Donna, his first attempt at opera (sung pretentiously in French). But, judging how derivative it is, I...

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...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 master his...

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Silvery-voiced soprano Amy Burton also sang "Les feux d'artifice t'appellant," the final aria from Prima Donna, Mr. Wainwright's first opera, which had its world premiere this summer in Manchester but doesn't yet have a home in New York. Or...

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...influences too, such as the movie Sunset Boulevard, says Wainwright. Wainwright insisted on writing Prima Donna in French and is certain he was right to do so. "It was more of an insurance issue. Opera in English sometimes really works...

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Rufus Wainwright talks about his opera Rufus Wainwright talks about penning his first opera, 'Prima Donna' Mar 31, 2009, 03:20 PM | by Simon Vozick-Levinson Plenty of ambitious stars have created rock operas for the stage. But how many...

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...has taken 'every little ounce' out of him Rufus Wainwright had revealed how difficult he found writing his first opera, 'Prima Donna', which premieres in Manchester tomorrow (July 10). Despite his singer-songwriter back catalogue,...

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