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The tragic life of Anna Nicole Smith makes for audacious subject matter in this unconventional opera by composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and librettist Richard Thomas. By David Rooney Chief Film Critic ...

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Anna Netrebko rushes into the lobby of her rental apartment at Opera Plaza lugging a big Saks Fifth Avenue bag while her sister hurriedly pushes a stroller with Netrebko's 9-month-old son, Tiago. "I'm ...

LONDON – Why write an opera about the sordid life and death of Anna Nicole Smith? That question doubtlessly leaped to the minds of many when they heard the Royal Opera had commissioned such a work.

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Anna Nicole, the Royal Opera House's grand staging of the tragic life of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, has opened in London. The opera chronicles her rise to fame, her marriage to octogenarian ...

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Famed Russian soprano Anna Netrebko has withdrawn from her upcoming performances at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City after refusing to distance herself from Russian President Vladimir Putin, ...