Turnage: Anna Nicole DVD (The Royal Opera)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. See

New York Times describe this opera as “engrossing

stars Tamara Rojo as the Bayadére (temple dancer) Nikiya

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Set Designs: John Pawson

Don Giovanni - Là ci darem: Plácido Domingo

Lauren Cuthbertson shows a new polish

" The Times

while the horror of Gregor’s physical alteration is evoked by black fluid that smears the stage

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The Cook: Kristen McNally

" BBC Music Magazine

The original cast features Ed Watson