Rufus Wainwright To Compose Opera
The production for New York's Metropolitan Opera will focus on one day in the life of an opera singer.
Rufus Wainwright has revealed his plans to compose an opera.
The singer is to work on a new production for New York's Metropolitan Opera, which will focus on one day in the life of an opera singer. Wainwright told Variety about his ambitions: "I've wanted to write an opera since I was about 14 years old, but I couldn't find a story that I could wrap my head around."
He went on to explain his inspirations: "...the construct of the diva, from Maria Callas to Norma Desmond and the (Jean-Jacques Beineix) movie 'Diva' from the '80s". He added: "And God darn it, there's a bit of me in that too."
No details of when and where the production will run have been released.
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