Rufus Wainwright's Prima Donna

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Rufus Wainwright's Opera 'Prima Donna' made it's North American debut at Toronto's Luminato.

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[brontedesk]

think Rufus meant to say prolific there and not precocious - although he was that too! As usual I am dazzled by this man.

[vburm]

Wonderful man

[narazarth]

I saw his solo show in Perth, Australia and it was fabulous!

[desmondmyers]

@MrThistleFlower Pheonix is in America, he said his European solo tour was a success.

[mshellnj]

What is he talking about that "These women don't do modern opera" Oh dear...that was an unfortunate faux pas!

[suryavarmanvii]

Hey, Rufus, I remember Jessye Norman doing Schoenberg's "Erwartung" (and "Gurrelieder:" and Stravinsky's "Oedipus Rex" and Renée Fleming has done many new operas, though I'll also go with Berlioz.

[suryavarmanvii]

Hey, Rufus, I remember Jessye Norman doing Schoenberg's "Erwartung" and Renée Fleming has done many new operas, though I'll also go with Berlioz.

[girlznguitarz]

@MrThistleFlower WTHAYTA?

[ASadHippoOnABicycle]

@MrThistleFlower Well he did say in the interview that some reviews disliked it and were very critical of it, you're essentially rewriting what he said in the interview.

[MrThistleFlower]

He says, "It has been a "HUGE" success." No it wasn't. The house was half empty when I saw him in on a solo tour in Phoenix. And the reviews were not glowing, either. Read the reviews in the Washington Post: his tour was called "inaccessible" and the opera was widely panned as mediocre. I think Rufus is a risk taker for sure and great. But he's also a ruthless self-promoter who is a desperate narcissist.