BROOKLYN — Rufus Wainwright’s Prima Donna took an unusual path to its United States premiere, switching companies and sopranos. Commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and then dropped four years ago ...

During the White House state dinner in Justin Trudeau’s honour in March, Rufus Wainwright and the prime minister shared a moment. Wainwright performed two songs at the piano, including a breathtaking ...

In early May, Rufus Wainwright announced that the Manchester International Festival had commissioned him to write his first opera, “Prima Donna.” Wainwright, who composed and arranged the music, also ...

He has written an opera and is working on a second, fulfilling the ambition of a lifelong love affair with the art form. And there’s his astonishing verbatim reconstruction of Judy Garland’s 1961 ...

TORONTO — Even Rufus Wainwright now concedes that “Prima Donna,” his first opera, which received mixed to negative reviews at its 2009 premiere, was dramatically bland. But if the experience was a ...

Why did Rufus Wainwright write an opera? This and many other questions that might arise in connection with Prima Donna, the Canadian-American singer-songwriter-star's widely celebrated opera-debut, ...

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VERBIER, Switzerland — Rufus Wainwright’s eyes filled with tears. He stood quietly, one hand marking time, as the rich voice of the baritone Thomas Hampson filled a rehearsal room looking out onto ...

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Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through our links on this page. “(Trudeau) jumped from his seat, ran over to me and grabbed me. We almost started making out,” Wainwright ...

It was always on the cards, really, wasn't it? Rufus Wainwright (he of Judy Garland-impersonating and 'Hallelujah'-covering fame) is to stage his first opera at next summer's Manchester International ...