Anna Nicole Dortmund (Germany) in April 2013 with American soprano Emily Newton in the title role. "Anna Nicole" received its U.S. premiere on September 17, 2013, in a production by the New York City Opera at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the last work staged by the City Opera before its closure that year. 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,
Munich Biennale World premieres are marked as WP The Munich Biennale has provided first or early commissions for stage works from many composers now established as opera composers, such as Mark-Anthony Turnage, Detlev Glanert, Gerd Kühr, Hans-Jürgen von Bose, Param Vir, Toshio Hosokawa and Violeta Dinescu. The strongly international scope of the festival has meant that it has been able to offer opportunities missing at a national level. Notes Sources Munich Biennale The Munich Biennale () is an opera festival in the city of Munich. The full German name is "Internationales Festival für neues Musiktheater", literally: International Festival for New Music Theater.