UK - Her name is more associated with gossip magazines than high art, but now the life of Playboy centrefold Anna Nicole Smith is to be turned into an opera. (Story continues below)
The production - which has been co-written by one of the creators of Jerry Springer: The Opera - will be staged at one of the UK's most venerable institutions, the Royal Opera House (ROH). The actress died in 2007 at the age of 39 after an apparent accidental overdose of prescription drugs. Smith, a stripper who went on to find fame as a model and star in movies, was embroiled in a long-running legal battle to claim a share of the estate of her late husband ... (Continue story) |