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,
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