{"product_id":"turnage-anna-nicole","title":"Turnage: Anna Nicole","description":"\u003cb\u003eNote: This Blu-ray Disc is only playable on Blu-ray Disc players and not compatible with standard DVD players.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003ca class=\"links\" href=\"album.jsp?album_id=612276\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available on standard DVD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e  \"I attended the premiere, fearful that the opera would be tawdry and terrible, that the work would make fun of Smith, who died in 2007 at 39. But it proved a weirdly inspired work: engrossing, entertaining and ultimately quite moving... Here is an unlikely holiday gift that should delight and fascinate anyone interested in contemporary opera and American popular culture.\" -- Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times [11\/20\/2012]\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  In a tragic-comic take on the extremes of celebrity culture, composer Mark Anthony Turnage, librettist Richard Thomas and director Richard Jones add Anna Nicole Smith to opera’s gallery of bad, sad girls. A pneumatic Playboy model who married an octogenarian billionaire, she achieved grotesque fame before her destitute, drugriddled death. With its jazz-coloured score and Eva-Maria Westbroek’s starry performance, this is, as the New York Times said: “an engrossing outrageous, entertaining and, ultimately deeply moving opera”.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \"...It's a tremendous show...shocking it isn't; stunning it is!\" The Independent\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Anna Nicole – Eva-Maria Westbroek \u003cbr\u003e  Old Man Marshall – Alan Oke\u003cbr\u003e  The Lawyer Stern – Gerald Finley\u003cbr\u003e  Virgie – Susan Bickley\u003cbr\u003e  Cousin Shelley – Loré Lixenberg\u003cbr\u003e  Larry King – Peter Hoare\u003cbr\u003e  Aunt Kay – Rebecca de Pont Davies\u003cbr\u003e  Older Daniel – Dominic Rowntree\u003cbr\u003e  Blossom – Allison Cook\u003cbr\u003e  Doctor – Andrew Rees\u003cbr\u003e  Billy – Grant Doyle\u003cbr\u003e  Mayor – Wynne Evans\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Royal Opera Chorus\u003cbr\u003e  Royal Opera House Orchestra\u003cbr\u003e  Antonio Pappano, conductor\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Richard Jones, stage director\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, 23 \u0026amp; 26 February 2011.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Bonus:\u003cbr\u003e  - Cast Gallery\u003cbr\u003e  - Illustrated synopsis\u003cbr\u003e  - Behind the scenes feature including artist interviews\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  Picture format: 1080i High Definition\u003cbr\u003e  Sound format: LPCM 2.0 + DTS 5.1\u003cbr\u003e  Region code: 0 (worldwide)\u003cbr\u003e  Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish\u003cbr\u003e  Running time: ca. 120 mins\u003cbr\u003e  No. of Discs: 1 (Blu-ray)\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e   \u003ca class=\"links\" href=\"album.jsp?album_id=612276\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlso available on standard DVD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Opus Arte","offers":[{"title":"Blu-Ray","offer_id":49607849443608,"sku":"809478070887","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0687\/4346\/3192\/files\/1890501_bc62f439-bf72-43ac-9692-6af7ca78dee6.jpg?v=1777683486","url":"https:\/\/hbdirect.com\/products\/turnage-anna-nicole","provider":"HBDirect","version":"1.0","type":"link"}