Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu will play the title role in Anna Nicole Smith story

Superstar Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu will play the title role in a new production, with the Royal Opera House to stage Anna Nicole Smith story

Britain's Royal Opera will stage the world premiere next year of "Anna Nicole," a work about the life of former Playboy model, actress and tabloid favorite Anna Nicole Smith who died in 2007.

The new opera, by British composer Mark-Anthony Turnage and writer Richard Thomas, will be staged by renowned opera director Richard Jones.

Thomas was a co-creator of "Jerry Springer: The Opera," the controversial show that prompted thousands of complaints and street protests when it was aired on the BBC in 2005.

He has said the libretto for Anna Nicole would end with her death rather than focusing on the sensational court battle over the disposal of her remains and custody of her daughter Dannielynn.

Smith died aged 39 of an accidental prescription drug overdose in Florida.

At the time of her death she was embroiled in a long-running legal battle over the will of her late husband, billionaire oil tycoon Howard Marshall. They had married when she was 26 years old and he was 89.

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE6292L620100310

Britain's Royal Opera House???

... Nici nu-mi vine sa cred ce atentie / onoare i se acorda "parasutei" Anna Nicole Smith sau lui Jerry Springer ...