New opera “Anna Nicole” opens at Covent Garden

I love this but have no idea what is going on. The animals seem surprised, too.

Opening to wildly mixed reviews, the new opera based on the life, times and breast implants of Anna Nicole Smith debuted yesterday at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.  A collaboration between composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and Richard Thomas (co-librettist of Jerry Springer, the opera).  It looks very Jerry-Springer-ish to me (which is not necessarily a bad thing), but seems pretty wild for the ROH.  But you be the judge:

Guardian article with tons of fabulous photos

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