Anna Nicole Smith, the Opera?

Think you’ve heard it all? We’ll try this one on for size: Sources are reporting that from London comes word that the Royal Opera House plans a new opera based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith.

“It is not going to be tawdry, it is going to be witty, clever, thoughtful and sad,” Elaine Padmore, Covent Garden’s director of opera, told the Guardian newspaper.

“It will tell the story of her life, the people who influenced her, her progress,” Padmore said. “Clearly the story is about a woman who met an ancient gentleman in a wheelchair, but it’s not going to be a straight narrative; choices have been made about significant moments, selecting which incidents in her life are to be built up.”

Brad Elterman posted this pic of Anna on Mybuzzfoto.com as he
held court with Anna Nicole Smith and Christian Audigier in 1992 in this foto!