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Rufus Wainwright
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson (director), Robert Wilson. Wainwright's Rufus Wainwright (album), self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, ''Poses (album), Poses'', was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, ''Want One'' (2003) and ''Want Two'' (2004), were repackaged as the double album ''Want (Rufus Wainwright album), Want'' in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album, ''Release the Stars'', and his first live album, ''Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall''. His second live album, ''Milwaukee at Last!!!'', was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums ''All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Out Of The Game
''Out of the Game'' is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada in April 2012 and in the United States on May 1, 2012 through Decca Records/Polydor Records. The album was Record producer, produced by Mark Ronson. Recording sessions began in May 2011. Guest musicians include his sister Martha Wainwright, Doveman, Thomas "Doveman" Bartlett, drummer Andy Burrows, guitarist Nels Cline, members of the Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Dap-Kings, Sean Lennon, the alternative rock band Wilco, Miike Snow's Andrew Wyatt and Yeah Yeah Yeahs guitarist Nick Zinner. Wainwright and Ronson began recording the album in New York in May 2011. Following initial recording sessions, Wainwright participated in a five-night residency at the Royal Opera House in London to promote the release of his compilation box set ''House of Rufus''. He resumed recording in the fall of 2011 after taking the summer off to spend time with his newborn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupert Wainwright
Rupert Wainwright is an English film director, film and television director, with credits including ''Blank Check (film), Blank Check'' (1994), ''The Sadness of Sex'' (1995) and ''Stigmata (film), Stigmata'' (1999). He is also a music video producer and multiple award-winner. British people, British-born, Wainwright was one of the youngest directors accepted in the Discovery Program sponsored by Columbia Pictures. He established a reputation for making award-winning television advertisements (including Reebok) and music videos (most notably MC Hammer, M.C. Hammer). Originally an actor, appearing in ''Another Country (1984 film), Another Country'' (1984) and ''Dreamchild'' (1985), Wainright later directed the American Broadcasting Company, ABC film ''Dillinger (1991 film), Dillinger'' (1991) starring Mark Harmon. In 2005, he directed the supernatural horror film ''The Fog (2005 film), The Fog''. He also appeared in an episode of the reality TV show ''Millionaire Matchmaker'', w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wilson (director)
Robert Wilson who was born on October 4, 1941) is an American Experimental theatre, experimental theater stage director and playwright who has been described by ''The New York Times'' as "[America]'s – or even the world's – foremost vanguard 'theater artist. He has also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer. Wilson is best known for his collaboration with Philip Glass and Lucinda Childs on ''Einstein on the Beach'', and his frequent collaborations with Tom Waits. In 1991, Wilson established The Watermill Center, "a laboratory for performance" on the East End of Long Island, New York, regularly working with opera and theater companies, as well as cultural festivals. Wilson "has developed as an avant-garde artist specifically in Europe amongst its modern quests, in its most significant cultural centers, galleries, museums, opera houses and theaters, and festivals". Early life and education Wilson was born in W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prima Donna (opera)
''Prima Donna'' is an opera in two acts with music by Rufus Wainwright to a French language libretto by Wainwright and Bernadette Colomine. The opera premiered at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, on 10 July 2009 at the Manchester International Festival. Development Originally, Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb and André Bishop, artistic director of Lincoln Center Theater (LCT), commissioned this opera for eventual presentation in New York City. By August 2008, although Wainwright had made progress on the composition, the Metropolitan Opera withdrew its support of the commission, reportedly because of disagreement with Wainwright over his choice to present the opera in French, whilst the Metropolitan Opera and LCT insisted on English for the language of the libretto. According to Gelb, "presenting a new opera that is not in English at the Met, when it could be in English, is an immediate impediment". While Wainwright was initially open to the idea of translating t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prima Donna (Rufus Wainwright Album)
''Prima Donna'' is a double album recording of Rufus Wainwright's 2009 opera of the same name, released internationally by the German classical record label Deutsche Grammophon (Universal Music Group) on September 11, 2015 and on October 2, 2015 in Canada, Mexico, and the United States. The recording features performances by Janis Kelly, Kathryn Guthrie, Antonio Figueroa, Richard Morrison, and Jayce Ogren conducting the BBC Symphony Orchestra. The album's release coincided with '' Prima Donna: A Symphonic Visual Concert''. Reception Robert Levine of ''Classics Today'' gave the quality of the recording a rating of 8 out of 10. Track listing Track listing adapted from Deutsche Grammophon. Personnel * BBC Symphony Orchestra * Antonio Figueroa * Kathryn Guthrie * Janis Kelly * Richard Morrison * Jayce Ogren Credits adapted from Deutsche Grammophon References External links ''Prima Donna'': The Albumt PledgeMusic PledgeMusic was an online direct-to-fan music platform, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Songs For Lulu
A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually made of sections that are repeated or performed with variation later. A song without instruments is said to be a cappella. Written words created specifically for music, or for which music is specifically created, are called lyrics. If a pre-existing poem is set to composed music in the classical tradition, it is called an art song. Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants. Songs composed in a simple style that are learned informally by ear are often referred to as folk songs. Songs composed for the mass market, designed to be sung by professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows, are called popular songs. These songs, which have broad appeal, are oft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milwaukee At Last!!!
''Milwaukee at Last!!!'' is the seventh album (and second live album) by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released in the United States on September 22, 2009. The album consists of live recordings from his August 27, 2007, performance at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in support of his previous studio album, '' Release the Stars'' (2007). Documentary film director Albert Maysles recorded a film of the same name for DVD, also released on September 22 in the US. Development Following ''Release the Stars'', Wainwright embarked on a world tour that lasted from May 2007 to February 2008 and covered North America, Europe, Japan and Australia/New Zealand. Believing he found the right backing band and that his voice was on a "solid plateau", Wainwright had the August 27, 2007, concert at the Pabst Theater recorded. Wainwright met documentarian Albert Maysles through their mutual friend Sean Lennon, and Maysles said he was "ready, willing and available" to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rufus Does Judy At Carnegie Hall
''Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall'' is the sixth album (and first live album) by the Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released through Geffen Records in December 2007. The album consists of live recordings from his sold-out June 14–15, 2006, tribute concerts at Carnegie Hall to the American actress and singer Judy Garland. Backed by a 36-piece orchestra Conducting, conducted by Stephen Oremus, Wainwright recreated Garland's April 23, 1961, concert, often considered "the greatest night in show business history". Garland's 1961 double album, ''Judy at Carnegie Hall'', a comeback performance with more than 25 American pop and jazz Standard (music), standards, was highly successful, initially spending 95 weeks on the Billboard charts, ''Billboard'' charts and garnering five Grammy Awards (including Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year, Grammy Award for Best Recording Package, Best Album Cover, Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Release The Stars
''Release the Stars'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released through Geffen Records on May 15, 2007. Pet Shop Boys' Neil Tennant was the executive producer; the album was mixed by Record producer Marius de Vries and Andy Bradfield. Wainwright's most commercially successful album to date, ''Release the Stars'' charted in 13 countries, reaching Top 10 positions in Denmark, Norway, and the United Kingdom, and was certified gold in Canada and the UK. The album generated three singles: " Going to a Town", which peaked at number 54 on the UK Singles Chart, " Rules and Regulations", and " Tiergarten". Wainwright planned to create a more simple piano and voice album originally, but began leaning towards more lush sounds once the recording process started. Guests on ''Release the Stars'' include: Richard Thompson, longtime friend and fellow singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson, family members Martha Wainwright and Kate McGarrigle, Neil Te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Want (Rufus Wainwright Album)
''Want'' is a repackaged double album by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright, released in the United Kingdom on November 28, 2005. It contains all the tracks from both ''Want One'' and '' Want Two'', along with two bonus tracks: a cover of Leonard Cohen's "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" along with "In with the Ladies". Track listing All songs written by Wainwright, unless otherwise noted. ;Disc 1 #" Oh What a World" – 4:23 #" I Don't Know What It Is" – 4:51 #"Vicious World" – 2:50 #"Movies of Myself" – 4:30 #"Pretty Things" – 2:40 #"Go or Go Ahead" – 6:38 #"Vibrate" – 2:44 #"14th Street" – 4:44 #"Natasha" – 3:28 #"Harvester of Hearts" – 3:35 #"Beautiful Child" – 4:15 #"Want" – 5:10 #"11:11" – 4:27 #"Dinner at Eight" – 4:33 ;Disc 2 # "Agnus Dei" – 5:45 # " The One You Love" – 3:44 # "Peach Trees" – 5:59 # "Little Sister" – 3:22 # " The Art Teacher" – 3:51 # "Hometown Waltz" – 2:33 # "This Love Affair" – 3:13 # " Gay Messiah" – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Double Album
A double album (or double record) is an audio album that spans two units of the primary medium in which it is sold, typically either records or compact disc. A double album is usually, though not always, released as such because the recording is longer than the capacity of the medium. Recording artists often think of double albums as being a single piece artistically; however, there are exceptions, such as John Lennon's '' Some Time in New York City'' (which consisted of one studio record and one live album packaged together), OutKast's '' Speakerboxxx/The Love Below'' (effectively two solo albums, one by each member of the duo), and Red Hot Chili Peppers' '' Stadium Arcadium'' (which Disc 1 has half of the album and Disc 2 has the other half). Since the advent of the compact disc, albums are sometimes released with a bonus disc featuring additional material as a supplement to the main album, with live tracks, studio out-takes, cut songs, or older unreleased material. One inn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Want Two
''Want Two'' is the fourth album by American-Canadian singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. The album was released on November 16, 2004. Four of the tracks on this album were released in the summer of 2004 as the EP '' Waiting for a Want'' on the iTunes music store. ''Want Two'' is, according to Wainwright, the darker sibling of 2003's '' Want One'' – its subject matter concerned with "the world we live in" (RW Geffen Bio) after ''Want Ones focus on the intensely personal. The artist's song selections here show his range to be broad, veering from romantic ballad ("Peach Trees") to tragic ballad ("This Love Affair"), sophisticated pop ("The One You Love") to third person/first person narrative lament (" The Art Teacher"), personal tongue in cheek manifesto (" Gay Messiah"), to a classical pop hybrid written about Jeff Buckley ("Memphis Skyline") and songs beyond category. "Agnus Dei" is used in the trailer for the 2007 film ''Trade''. Mother Kate McGarrigle and aunt Anna (Mc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
