BERLIN (Reuters) – The genteel world of opera collides with that of lurid headlines, strip clubs and Playboy Thursday when a new work based on the life of the late Anna Nicole Smith has its premiere at London’s Royal Opera House.
“Anna Nicole” is one of the prestigious opera company’s riskiest projects yet, both because it leaves Covent Garden open to accusations of sensationalism in a bid to stay relevant and because some of the characters in the story are still alive.
According to the British media, lawyers are nervous, particularly in relation to tabloid star Smith’s ex-boyfriend Howard K. Stern whose conviction for supplying her with drugs before her death in 2007 was dismissed last month.
The Royal Opera House has not denied the reports but declined to comment in detail on the work’s contents or whether alterations had been made at the last minute for legal reasons.
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