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
The Temptation of Saint Anthony (opera) Spain; and Sadler's Wells in London, Great Britain; the Teatro Piccinni in Bari, Italy; the Het Muziektheater in Amsterdam, Netherlands; the Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao and the Teatro Espanol in Madrid, Spain. The opera made its American premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's BAM Next Wave Festival in October 2004. The official "world premiere" was held at the Paris Opera Garnier becoming the first all African American opera to perform on its stage since the inauguration of the Académie Nationale de Musique - Théâtre de l'Opéra in 1875. The Temptation of Saint Anthony (opera) The Temptation of St. Anthony