Turnage: Anna Nicole Blu-ray (The Royal Opera)

Turnage's Anna Nicole for The Royal Opera is a tragi-comic view on the extremes of modern celebrity culture. Available on Blu-ray, composer Mark Anthony Turnage, librettist Richard Thomas and director Richard Jones tell the story of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith who marries an octogenarian billionaire, achieves incredible fame but subsequently passes away in a drug-riddled death. New York Times describe this opera as “engrossing, outrageous, entertaining and, ultimately deeply moving”.

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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
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
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 

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
Region code: 0 worldwide
Running Time: 120+9 mins
Subtitles: EN/FR/DE/ES
1x BD50
Year: 2011