Rufus Wainwright
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Rufus Wainwright
Biography
Rufus Wainwright, one of the great male vocalists, composers, and songwriters of his generation, has released eight studio albums, three DVDs, and three live albums. He has collaborated with artists ranging from Elton John, David Byrne, Robbie Williams, Mark Ronson, and Joni Mitchell to Burt Bacharach. His album “Rufus Does Judy” recorded at Carnegie Hall in 2006 was nominated for a Grammy.
His acclaimed first opera, Prima Donna, premiered at the Manchester International Festival in July 2009 and has since been presented in London, Toronto and BAM in New York. This summer it will be performed at the Armel Opera Festival in Hungary and Augsburg Theatre in Germany. In 2015, Deutsche Grammaphon released a studio recording of the opera recorded with the BBC Symphony Orchestra.
Rufus celebrated the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death with the release of his latest album Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets on Deutsche Grammophon worldwide in spring 2016.
The Canadian Opera Company commissioned Wainwright’s second opera, about Roman Emperor Hadrian, to premiere in Toronto in the fall of 2018.
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Show Description
Praised by the New York Times for his “genuine originality,” Rufus Wainwright has established himself as a jack of all trades and one of the great male vocalists, composers, and songwriters of his generation. Following years of a successful contemporary pop career, the New York-born, Montreal-raised singer songwriter crossed over into the classical world, now working on his second opera to premier in the fall of 2018. Wainwright’s show in Cincinnati is a special, one-night-only, solo acoustic show not to miss!