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Thursday, February 12, 2009

Arts "It's not going to be a horrible, sleazy evening."

Posted by Jen Graves on Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 8:29 AM

Coming to Covent Garden in 2011: Anna Nicole Smith the opera!

Covent Garden opera director Elaine Padmore told the Guardian:

It is not going to be tawdry; it is going to be witty, clever, thoughtful and sad.

In broad outline, it will tell the story of her life, the people who influenced her, her progress ... Clearly the story is about a woman who met an ancient gentleman in a wheelchair, but it's not going to be a straight narrative; choices have been made about significant moments, selecting which incidents in her life are to be built up.

Music will be by Mark-Anthony Turnage, libretto by Richard Thomas (of "Jerry Springer the Opera" fame).

I can't wait to hear who's singing her. Breast implants are so operatic!

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Who's going to play her killer, Howard K Stern?

Posted by just askin' on February 12, 2009 at 8:57 AM

Twisted, surely, but also kind of a genius, no?

Posted by From now on and forever on February 12, 2009 at 9:23 AM

I clicked on the lady but nothing happened...

MAKE THE LADY SHOW ME HER TITTIES !!!

Posted by Rob in Baltimore on February 12, 2009 at 9:28 AM

Anna Nicole -- who continues to have my eternal thanks -- flipped my a-ha! switch at just the right time that I cherish, pre-cherish and post-cherish every big-boned lady walking the planet.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale on February 12, 2009 at 11:20 AM