Anna Nicole’s Life Story To Be Turned Into An Opera

Yes, Anna Nicole’s life, which is full of triumph, tragedy, and doomed love affairs and a tragic early death is the stuff that dramas and TV movies are made of. But opera? Soap opera maybe. Still, Richard Thomas, the British writer behind “Jerry Springer – The Opera” is set to do the same for Anna Nicole.

Thomas was quoted in the London Independent as saying “It’s an incredible story. It’s very operatic and sad. She was quite a smart lady with the tragic flaw that she could not seem to get through life without a vat of prescription painkillers.”

Richard Thomas’ “Jerry Springer – The Opera” debuted at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and made quite a splash. It then moved on to London, running for a season before going to Carnegie Hall in New York just this year. It pokes fun at the controversial morning talks how host, and now he looks set to poke fun at a controversial dead reality show star.

Thomas claims though, that he loves American culture. “Especially for opera, the stories seem to work on a grander, more epic scale. They seem more extreme — it’s a blessing and a curse,” he said.

Thomas reportedly plans to end the story with Smith’s death on Feb. 8, 2007, in Room 607 of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Florida at age 39.

“For me, it ends when she does,” Thomas said. Maybe he should make the tell-all Anna Nicole book by Rita Cosby the basis for his opera. Now that would be extremely dramatic indeed!