VERBIER, Switzerland — Rufus Wainwright’s eyes filled with tears. He stood quietly, one hand marking time, as the rich voice of the baritone Thomas Hampson filled a rehearsal room looking out onto ...

In early May, Rufus Wainwright announced that the Manchester International Festival had commissioned him to write his first opera, “Prima Donna.” Wainwright, who composed and arranged the music, also ...

Rufus Wainwright is currently putting the final touches on Prima Donna, a French opera the pop star wrote himself. Wainwright’s opus will premiere globally at the Manchester International Festival in ...

Osvaldo Golijov’s beauteously strange “Ainadamar” has reached Los Angeles. The opera, one of this century’s most gratifying, portrays the 1936 political execution of the poet Federico Garcia Lorca ...

Rufus Wainwright needs no introduction. He is the golden-voiced singer we’ve all had on our iPods, playlists, and mix CDs. But despite his wide-ranging and glinting reputation, there is also much many ...