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
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