Anna Nicole at the Royal Opera of Covent Garden.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
Mark Anthony Turnage's ambitious opera Anna Nicole is a scathing indictment of American celebrity culture, materialism and media hype. It's an opera about the things in society that have replaced opera in the popular culture. Its focus, the rise and fall of a girl from Texas named Vicki Lynn Hogan, who became an international celebrity as Anna Nicole Smith.
by Paul J. Pelkonen
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Busting out: Eva-Marie Westbroek as Anna Nicole Smith.
Photo by Catherine Cooper © 2011
Royal Opera at Covent Garden/ Opus Arte
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