Crowd Go Wild for 'Anna Nicole' Opera

Opera 'Anna Nicole,' based on the short, sensational life of Playboy Playmate-turned-tabloid-superstar Anna Nicole Smith, is a huge hit with opera fans on its London opening. (Feb. 18)

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[williamfsneely]

What is wrong with you all? Opera's often about prostitutes/whores is not offensive, but a modern day tragic and imperfect woman is not interesting? Don't criticize something you have not seen!

[xblindxxpainx]

anna nicole's life is PERFECT for an opera, love it or hate it.

[heyhit]

@williamfsneely im with you; traviata at the debut was offensive for all the audience... :S

[nickstout513]

This is one "sassy" video. =p

[visse264]

@orkid682 In this case they were dealing with a person that actually existed, which usually isn't the case in opera's. So that limits, in a way, the possibilities to explore the character beyond what the people actually saw of her when she lived. It has to remain recognisable. Furthermore there was this possible legal action that prevented them from going to far off the facts as we know them. Given these circumstances, I thought it was a very effective portrayal. I didn't miss anything in it.

[visse264]

@orkid682 Maybe it's a language problem on my part, but how can you blame the makers for not rising above the objective they set, a commentary on the shallowness of our time? They reached their objective and they didn't want to rise above that, as much as you would have liked them to do. I don't think they 'shied away' from sentiment, the sentiment just didn't have a place because of this 'shallowness' they pursued. I thought it was really fantastic, in every aspect. Just my opinion.

[gringochucha]

She's a party girl with a bad habit, with a bad habit for drugs (8)

[pajamagirl123]

An opera where I can actually understand the language!! I hope this comes to the US!

[GinaLauraPerez]

PERFECT!!!

EXELENT <3

[jkm0430]

If you don't like it don't watch. It is as simple as that. If you're ignorant enough to pay for a ticket or even open a YouTube video for the sheer pleasure of getting upset, you should reevaluate your perspective. These actors, artists, and this creative team are not hurting you. They are expressing something they love and believe.

[aarongluzman]

Desirability...

Splendour of...

Gorgeously beautiful...

Attract attention...

To the...

Smallest detail...

Having fun...

Feminine power...

©...Aronne

[neo37ify]

@tinghaling ... and then OBLIVION. I strongly doubt it will be next "Carmen" (the classic repertoire). People who created ANS "Opera" wanted to make a qiuck buck, that's all. They wanted to allure young people, students; that's why the ticket was only 70-80 euros. I read very bad reviews in Financial Times, Guardian, Jewish journal, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Globe & Mail...