Anna Nicole is anopera in 2 acts and 16 scenes, with music byMark-Anthony Turnage to an English libretto byRichard Thomas. Based on the life of American modelAnna Nicole Smith,^[1] the opera received its première on 17 February 2011 at theRoyal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, directed byRichard Jones.^[2][3][4][5] A recording of the opera was broadcast onBBC Four andBBC iPlayer on 25 March 2011.^[6] The broadcast drew in 67,700 viewers.^[7] The opera received its first London revival at Covent Garden in September 2014.^[8][9]

The opera received its European continental premiere atTheater Dortmund (Germany) in April 2013 with American soprano Emily Newton in the title role.^[10]Anna Nicole received its U.S. premiere on September 17, 2013, in a production by theNew York City Opera at theBrooklyn Academy of Music,^[11] the last work staged by the City Opera before its closure that year.^[12][13]

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• 'Scene Zero' – Overture
• Scene 1 – 'America Sings'
• Scene 2 – "No! It's Mu-Hay-Uh."
• Scene 3 – "Hey We're Family"
• Scene 4 – 'Falling in Loath Again'
• Scene 5 – 'Life Implants'
• Scene 6 – 'American Dreaming'
• Scene 7 – 'Marriage in the White Dove Chapel'

• Scene 8 – 'Red Carpet Diem'
• Scene 9 – 'Partay!'
• Scene 10 – "Not Dead Yet!"
• Scene 11 – 'Backstage at the Larry King Show'
• Scene 12 – 'The Larry King Show and Tell'
• Scene 13 – "Good Morning Hollywood"
• Scene 14 – 'Birth Worth'
• Scene 15 – 'Daniel Death'
• Scene 16 – 'Clown Messiah'

• "A Tabloid Star Is Joining the Sisterhood of the Fallen" by Michael White,The New York Times (11 February 2011)
• Brooklyn Academy of Music, BAM 2013 Next Wave Festival, programme note onAnna Nicole
• Anna Nicole (trailer) – Royal Opera House onYouTube (February 2011)
• Anna Nicole (trailer) – Oper Dortmund onYouTube (April 2013)

• Operas by Mark-Anthony Turnage
• 2011 operas
• English-language operas
• Operas set in the United States
• Opera world premieres at the Royal Opera House
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• Cultural depictions of Anna Nicole Smith
• Operas set in the 20th century
• Operas set in the 21st century

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