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‘Last Days’, the Royal Opera’s world premiere, draws on the life of the late Nirvana frontman
‘2013 was the year when most western societies sanctified the equal relationship’
A lavish production of Turnage’s quasi-opera that suggested much snazzy ado about not much at all
A DVD recording of the opera based on the celebrity’s tragic life
Mark-Anthony Turnage’s production about Anna and the celebrity culture she represented is so simplistic and cheap that it wastes resources
Anna Nicole Smith, a reality TV star who died of a drugs overdose, is the latest contemporary figure to be the subject of an opera. Can such an old art form respond to the issues of today?
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