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
Na'ama Zisser College of Music with Mark-Anthony Turnage where she won the Hurlston & Cobbett Prize. Na'ama Zisser Na'ama Zisser is an Israeli composer and the first to introduce cantorial music into opera. She is currently based in London. From 2015 to 2018 Na'ama Zisser was the doctoral composer in residence at the Royal Opera House and made her debut with the opera company with "Mamzer Bastard" in the 2017/2018 season. Many of her opera compositions collaborate with other art forms including contemporary dance and instrumental music. Her music has been described as "hauntingly melodic" and free of operatic cliches. Na'ama Zisser