Anna Nicole

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox opera Anna Nicole is an opera in 2 acts and 16 scenes, with music by Mark-Anthony Turnage to an English libretto by Richard Thomas. Based on the life of American model Anna Nicole Smith,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the opera received its première on 17 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, directed by Richard Jones.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> A recording of the opera was broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer on 25 March 2011.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The broadcast drew in 67,700 viewers.<ref name=broadcastnow>Template:Cite news</ref> The opera received its first London revival at Covent Garden in September 2014.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Premiere

The opera received its European continental premiere at Theater Dortmund (Germany) in April 2013 with American soprano Emily Newton in the title role.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Anna Nicole received its U.S. premiere on September 17, 2013, in a production by the New York City Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the last work staged by the City Opera before its closure that year.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Roles

Role	Voice type	Premiere cast, 17 February 2011 Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Anna Nicole	soprano	Eva-Maria Westbroek
Virgie, her mother	mezzo-soprano	Susan Bickley
Daddy Hogan, her father	bass	Jeremy White
Billy, her first husband	baritone	Grant Doyle
J. Howard Marshall, her second husband	tenor	Alan Oke
Kay, her aunt	mezzo-soprano	Rebecca de Pont Davies
Shelley, her cousin	mezzo-soprano	Loré Lixenberg
Stern, her lawyer	bass-baritone	Gerald Finley
Young Daniel, her son	silent	Andrew Gilbert
Teenage Daniel	baritone	Dominic Rowntree
Larry King, a television journalist	tenor	Peter Hoare
Blossom	mezzo-soprano	Allison Cook
Doctor Yes	tenor	Andrew Rees
Mayor of Mexia	tenor	Wynne Evans
Deputy Mayor of Mexia (Roy Fiction)	baritone	Damian Thantrey
Trucker	tenor	Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts
Dominic Gent	tenor	Dominic Peckham
Patron	baritone	Grant Doyle
Runner	baritone	ZhengZhong Zhou
Meat Rack Quartet	soprano soprano mezzo-soprano mezzo-soprano	Marianne Cotterill Kiera Lyness Louise Armit Andrea Hazell
Marshall's family	mezzo-soprano mezzo-soprano baritone bass	Loré Lixenberg Rebecca de Pont Davies Grant Doyle Jeremy White
Four Lap Dancers	soprano soprano mezzo-soprano mezzo-soprano	Yvonne Barclay Katy Batho Amy Catt Amanda Floyd
Onstage Band		John Parricelli (guitarist) John Paul Jones (bass guitarist) Peter Erskine (drummer)

Synopsis

Act 1

• 'Scene Zero' – Overture
• Scene 1 – 'America Sings'
• Scene 2 – "No! It's Mu-Hay-Uh."
• Scene 3 – "Hey We're Family"
• Scene 4 – 'Falling in Loath Again'
• Scene 5 – 'Life Implants'
• Scene 6 – 'American Dreaming'
• Scene 7 – 'Marriage in the White Dove Chapel'

Act 2

• Scene 8 – 'Red Carpet Diem'
• Scene 9 – 'Partay!'
• Scene 10 – "Not Dead Yet!"
• Scene 11 – 'Backstage at the Larry King Show'
• Scene 12 – 'The Larry King Show and Tell'
• Scene 13 – "Good Morning Hollywood"
• Scene 14 – 'Birth Worth'
• Scene 15 – 'Daniel Death'
• Scene 16 – 'Clown Messiah'

External links

• "A Tabloid Star Is Joining the Sisterhood of the Fallen" by Michael White, The New York Times (11 February 2011)
• Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM 2013 Next Wave Festival, programme note on Anna Nicole
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• Template:YouTube (April 2013)