Life of Anna Nicole Smith to Get Opera Treatment

[NYadgal]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:56pm

No. Words.

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LONDON (AP) -- The fine line between opera and soap opera just got blurrier.

Britain's august Royal Opera said Thursday it is planning a show based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith, the model and stripper who married an octogenarian oil tycoon, starred in her own TV show and died of a drug overdose in 2007.

The company says the show will have music by respected British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. The libretto is by Richard Thomas, co-creator of 'Jerry Springer: The Opera,' an earlier merger of highbrow and lowbrow culture. It is due to run in the Royal Opera's 2011 season.

The company's director of opera, Elaine Padmore, told The Guardian newspaper the show 'is not going to be tawdry; it is going to be witty, clever, thoughtful and sad.'

'It is not just a documentary about her, but a parable about celebrity and what it does to people,' she said.



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[StockardFan]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 1:58pm

Oh dear lord......

[Unknown User]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 2:05pm

I've already got the lead cast!

[blueroses]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 2:14pm

Who will play cousin Shelly?

Is it hard to belt with no teeth?

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 3:23pm

Should I audition for the role of Bobby Trendy?

[EVIE]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 3:25pm

Did her "bioepic" ever come out? The one with Willa Ford? ET aired "exclusive clip" after "exclusive clip" but nothing....

[StockardFan]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 3:27pm

doodle, I was gonna say something about Bobby Trendy, but I couldn't remember his name.....LOL

Evie, I don't know?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 3:29pm

the show 'is not going to be tawdry; it is going to be witty, clever, thoughtful and sad.'

Those ever-so-clever Brits!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 3:32pm

Bobby Trendy plays himself in the biopic. I hope he doesnt sing, so I can play him in the opera.

I love parts of Jerry Springer, so this might not be bad.

Anna Nicole has an aria called, "You Mean She's Got No Teeth?!"

[blueroses]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 3:35pm

Then cousin Shelly sings her dance anthem "I Just Wanna F--kin' Bridge..."

[SNAFU]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 3:52pm

Actually, I see Anna's story as great fodder for Opera! The OD Aria alone would be worth the price of admission!

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 4:06pm

"Then cousin Shelly sings her dance anthem "I Just Wanna F--kin' Bridge...""

Brill!

My big song will be "Lugzzzurioussss!"

[KrissySim]

Posted: 2/12/09 at 5:03pm

This will be historic like "Gone With the Wind" (the musical) or Lord of the Rings (the London musical). Doesn't anyone in the production office hear a train coming down the wrong track?