Anna Nicole Anna Nicole Anna Nicole is an English opera in 2 acts and 16 scenes, with music by Mark-Anthony Turnage to an English libretto by Richard Thomas. Based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith, the opera received its première on 17 February 2011 at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, directed by Richard Jones. A recording of the opera was broadcast on BBC Four and BBC iPlayer on 25 March 2011. The broadcast drew in 67,700 viewers. The opera received its first London revival at Covent Garden in September 2014. The opera received its European continental premiere at Theater
Amanda Holden (writer) with composer Mark-Anthony Turnage, of the Outstanding Achievement in Opera Laurence Olivier Award in 2001. She made a "highly acclaimed translation" of Puccini's "Madama Butterfly" for David Freeman's production at the Royal Albert Hall in 2011. Holden prepared the "deft" narration for a concert performance of the opera "Der Freischütz" presented by the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican Centre, London, in April 2012 Holden's publications include contributions to "The Mozart Compendium" in 1990, the "New Penguin Opera Guide" in 2001 and the "Penguin Concise Guide to Opera" in 2005. James Oestreich, writing in "The New York Times", described the