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
Mark Anthony Galliardello Mark Anthony Galliardello Mark Anthony Galliardello, probably "né" Alberti (died 15 June 1585), was a viol player and member of the English Tudor court consort of instruments. Of Italian origin, he settled in London in 1545, remaining in the royal service for the rest of his life. As a conscientious churchwarden who compiled unusually detailed records, he is an important source for scholars of late Tudor church history. Galliardello was born in Italy – in or near Venice according to one source; in Brescia according to others. In either case he was a subject of the Doge of Venice, Brescia