Get ready for Anna Nicole: The Opera. Britain’s renowned Royal Opera will stage the world premiere the Anna Nicole Smith Opera, a work about the life of former Playboy model, actress and tabloid darling Anna Nicole Smith, next Feb. 17.
The production was co-written by British playwright Richard Thomas, one of the creators of Jerry Springer: The Opera . The Royal Opera says Covent Garden Music Director Antonio Pappano will conduct the production and Richard Jones will direct.
Anna Nicole died after an accidental overdose of prescription drugs in Feb. 2007.