Nearly five years after a dropped deal with the Metropolitan Opera and three years after it premiered at the Palace Theatre in Manchester, England, Rufus Wainwright's first opera, "Prima Donna," landed at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York for its U.S. premiere Sunday afternoon. Angelica Houston, Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson could be spotted in the audience, alongside Wainwright himself, who looked sharp in a bedazzled toreador outfit.
The opera, written in French with English subtitles (and co-written by Bernadette Colomine), follows an acclaimed, but forgotten soprano, Regine Saint Laurent, who is preparing a return to the stage in the role she was known for, "Alienor d'Aquitaine." Regine is panic-stricken about reprising Alienor, convinced her voice is forever gone. In her somewhat deranged state, she latches on to a young journalist who is all too ready to lavish attention on her.
The opera received mixed reviews when it ran in England,...
The opera, written in French with English subtitles (and co-written by Bernadette Colomine), follows an acclaimed, but forgotten soprano, Regine Saint Laurent, who is preparing a return to the stage in the role she was known for, "Alienor d'Aquitaine." Regine is panic-stricken about reprising Alienor, convinced her voice is forever gone. In her somewhat deranged state, she latches on to a young journalist who is all too ready to lavish attention on her.
The opera received mixed reviews when it ran in England,...
- 2/20/2012
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
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