Rufus Wainwright Debuts Opera, Beard
Even though Rufus Wainwright's chased some muses that've pulled him off my playlist since the early triumphs of his debut through Want One (and especially Poses), I can't help but love him for being a slave to that restless creative spirit, unabashedly crashing headlong into limitations (as when recreating Judy Garland's classic Carnegie Hall concerts) and ambitions with shameless, prideful, extravagant aplomb. And even if I won't ride for some of his choices, I'm always reading his press about them, because it's rare to have a genuinely great songwriter be so amusing and endlessly quotable.
So anyway, as we've detailed, Rufus has finally completed his long discussed opera entitled, most appropriately, Prima Donna. It's not an autobiography. The New York Times was meh about it in their review of its debut in Manchester (a piece titled, perhaps a bit more biographically, "The Diva Has Issues"). Maybe that's not entirely surprising. But then, neither is the fact that BBC One's documentary on the project -- and Rufus's performance of "Grey Gardens" and Q&A with Jonathan Ross -- are worth a few minutes if you have 'em. Also, he has a beard now. In the traditional sense.
And here's the J. Ross stuff:
Part One:
Part Two:
Posted at 2:06 PM by amrit in Video
Tags: Loudon Wainwright III | Rufus Wainwright
the video wouldn't play for me but at least I can see that Loudon made an appearance.
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I have and know Poses...the most Rubber Soul since Rubber Soul?
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The beards got to go.
Also, "Release the Stars" was great. Give it another chance.
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he looks like a post citizen kane welles.
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i'm also a fan of release the stars. way more than want two. not quite want one though. poses it hit or miss for me, self titled is good too
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I love me some Jonathan Ross. And Rufus too, of course,
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that beard is scrumtrulescent...
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