Richard Paul Fink
Richard Paul Fink said he cried after he learned that “Doctor Atomic,” John Adams’s opera about the creation of the atomic bomb, had won the 2012 Grammy award for Best Opera Recording. “This never happens to me. I’m a 56-year-old opera singer and I’m thinking, Ok, how many years do I have left? To be treated to a Grammy is something else,” said the operatic baritone, who is in New York preparing to perform in...
Richard Paul Fink said he cried after he learned that “Doctor Atomic,” John Adams’s opera about the creation of the atomic bomb, had won the 2012 Grammy award for Best Opera Recording. “This never happens to me. I’m a 56-year-old opera singer and I’m thinking, Ok, how many years do I have left? To be treated to a Grammy is something else,” said the operatic baritone, who is in New York preparing to perform in...
- 3/31/2012
- by Mariam Brillantes
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Her life was like a soap opera. Now it's an actual opera. Anna Nicole Smith is the subject of a brand-new opera, simply titled Anna Nicole, set to premiere Thursday at London's Royal Opera House. Here, People.com has a sneak peek at Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek in the title role. The piece was written by British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, and the libretto by Richard Thomas, whose previous credits include Jerry Springer: the Opera. While the reviews aren't in yet, a trailer for the opera promises a salacious spectacle. (Watch it below.) Its cast list reveals, among many characters, four lap dancers,...
- 2/17/2011
- PEOPLE.com
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