Mark-Anthony Turnage is based on Steven Berkoff's adaptation of "Oedipus Rex". "The Silver Tassie", first performed in 2000, is based on the play by Seán O'Casey. "Anna Nicole", with a libretto by Richard Thomas and first performed in 2011, relates the rise and fall of Playboy model and media celebrity Anna-Nicole Smith. Other works include "Three Screaming Popes" (after the paintings by Francis Bacon), "Your Rockaby" (a concerto for saxophone and orchestra), "Yet Another Set To" (a concerto for trombone and orchestra, dedicated to Christian Lindberg), and "From the Wreckage" (a concerto for trumpet and orchestra, written for Håkan Hardenberger). "Blood on
The Silver Tassie (opera) The Silver Tassie (opera) The Silver Tassie is an opera in four acts by the English composer Mark-Anthony Turnage. The English libretto was written by Amanda Holden based on the 1927/28 play of the same name by Seán O'Casey. The opera was composed between 1997 and 1999. The "Silver Tassie" was commissioned by English National Opera (ENO) while Turnage was their Composer in Association and benefited from being worked on at the ENO Studio. It was part funded by Dallas Opera. In an interview for the programme for the ENO production, Turnage talks about treating the four acts as the