Brett Azar, Sarah Joy Miller as Anna Nicole Smith and Henry Akinsanya in a Scene from "Anna Nicole" composed by Mark-Anthony Turnage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Opera House on September 15, 2013.

The composer who put Anna Nicole Smith’s life onstage has a new piece: an adaptation of a cult movie about child abuse. By Alex Marshall “Greek,” a cheeky, winking, surprisingly affecting 1988 opera ...

The fine line between opera and soap opera just got blurrier. Britain’s august Royal Opera said Thursday it is planning a show based on the life of Anna Nicole Smith, the model and stripper who ...