Composer Mark Anthony Turnage, librettist Richard Thomas and director Richard Jones' opera Anna Nicole for The Royal Opera available on DVD. A tragicomedy exploring Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith's marriage to an octogenarian billionaire, achieving extraordinary fame and passing by a drug-riddled death. A jazzy score with Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title role, this is a captivating, enthralling and scandalous opera, however emotionally poignant.
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Composer: Mark Anthony Turnage
Anna Nicole: Eva-Maria Westbroek
Virgie: Susan Bickley
Daddy Hogan: Jeremy White
Aunt Kay: Rebecca de Pont Davies
Shelley: Loré Lixenbery
Billy: Grant Doyle
Stern: Gerald Finley
Doctor Yes: Andrew Rees
J.Howard Marshall II: Alan Oke
Band - Drummer: Peter Erskine
Bass Guitarist: John Paul Jones
Guitarist: John Paricelli
Royal Opera Chorus
Chorus Director: Renato Balsadonna
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Concert Master: Vasko Vassilev
Conductor: Antonio Pappano
Director: Richard Jones
Set Designs: Miriam Buether
Costume Designs: Nicky Gillibrand
Lighting Design: Mimi Jordan Sherin and D M Wood
Choreographer: Aletta Collins
Directed for the screen by Francesca Kemp
Bonus: Cast gallery / Illustrated synopsis / Behind the scenes feature including artist interviews.
ADVISORY WARNING: CONTAINS EXPLICIT LANGUAGE AND SCENES OF A SEXUAL NATURE
Picture: 16:9
Sound: LPCM 2.0 stereo / DTS 5.1 Surround
Format: NTSC
Region code: 0 worldwide
Running Time: 120+9 mins
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES