ANNA NICOLE SMITH’S tragic life is to be the subject of a work performed at the Royal Opera House.
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The story of the Playboy model who married a soon-to-die billionaire, fought a long battle over his will and then met death herself thanks to a drug overdose is the stuff of melodrama, but the new opera’s makers are keen to avoid going over the top.
“It is not going to be tawdry; it is going to be witty, clever, thoughtful and sad,” Elaine Padmore, director of opera at the ROH, told The Guardian.
“Just because a life has been in the tabloids does not mean it must be treated in a tawdry way on stage.”
The opera’s libretto is to be written by Richard Thomas, one of those involved in Jerry Springer: The Opera and the music created by Mark-Anthony Turnage.
Smith’s blond bombshell image was inspired by Marilyn Monroe and, as chance would have it, there’s a musicalabout her coming to London soon, with tickets available now.
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