Opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage and Richard Thomas The Royal Opera commission from composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, librettist Richard Thomas and director Richard Jones adds Anna Nicole Smith to opera's gallery of tragic women. A pneumatic 'Playboy' model who married an octogenarian billionaire, she flirted with global fame before falling fatally prey to its allure and corruption. With its jazz-coloured score and Eva-Maria Westbroek's starry performance, this tragicomic take on the extremes of celebrity culture is, as the 'New York Times' said, 'an engrossing outrageous, entertaining and ultimately deeply moving opera'. 'Aufnahme' Recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 26 February 2011 'Libretto' by Richard Thomas 'Musik' Royal Opera Chorus Conductor: Antonio Pappano 'Darsteller' Anna Nicole - Eva-Maria Westbroek Virgie - Susan Bickley Daddy Hogan - Jeremy White Aunt Kay - Rebecca de Pont Davies Shelley - Loré Lixenberg Billy - Grant Doyle Stern - Gerald Finley Doctor Yes - Andrew Rees