Turnage: Anna Nicole Blu-ray (The Royal Opera)Turnage's Anna Nicole for The Royal Opera is a tragi comic view on the extremes of modern celebrity culture. Available on Blu ray, composer Mark Anthony Turnage, librettist Richard Thomas and director Richard Jones tell the story of Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith who marries an octogenarian billionaire, achieves incredible fame but subsequently passes away in a drug riddled death. New York Times describe this opera as engrossing, outrageous,

and dances his solo with dash

Revival Staging: Olga Evreinoff

dark colours

the sexy ease between a feisty Figaro (Erwin Schrott) and a sassy Susanna (Miah Persson) is starkly absent

Dancers: Lauren Cuthbertson as The Sugar Plum Fairy

Leonora: Verónica Vilarroel

Extras: Clemency Burton-Hill interviews George Benjamin

"The staging is a visual triumph

Many believed her to be an imposter

Carmen - Flower Song: Jonas Kaufmann

Conductor: Paul Murphy

Ashton's warm and witty