An opera, based on the life of late model Anna Nicole Smith, could just be the most X-rated opera ever seen in the Royal Opera House, with its lurid sex scenes and foul language. The storyline covers everything from the late model�s drug abuse to her relationship with J. Howard Marshall, the millionaire octogenarian that she married in 1994, just a year before his death.Critics are already citing one scene as particularly shocking, in which the heroine performs oral sex on her wheelchair-bound boyfriend. It has been composed and conceived by Mark-Anthony Turnage, and the man behind the lyrics is Richard Thomas, the librettist who also wrote 2003�s �Jerry Springer: The Opera�.
According to the Times Magazine, Thomas, 60, says that �Anna Nicole� delivers the same kind of drama and comedy as the grand operas of the 19th century. �A lot of people say: �Oh, but do you really think Anna Nicole deserves an opera?� the Daily Mail quoted him as saying.
�I say yes, she�s more deserving of an opera than any individual who has ever lived. That�s my line because I�m sick of that snobbery. Anna Nicole is grand opera, just like those of old with a mix of comedy and horror,� he stated.
The Royal Opera House is hoping that the subject matter and risque content will attract a younger audience, and has even lowered its prices with a maximum of 75 pounds to reflect that.
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