blood and thunder

In an exclusive scoop you will not read anywhere else, La Cieca has obtained the story line for Rufus Wainwright‘s next opera, the followup to the much-discussed Prima Donna.  According to La Cieca’s source, the wispy composer’s second effort is to be entitled “A Vampyre Story.”

Deep within the walls of a gloomy castle in the equally gloomy land of Draxsylvania, the young, gifted opera singer Mona De Lafitte is held captive by her tormentor, vampire Baron Shrowdy von Kiefer. Ever since she was transformed into a vampire by Shrowdy and whisked off to Draxsylvania, her greatest wish has been to return to Paris, continue her singing career, and one day become a star at the Paris Opera.

And here’s a preview clip of this new oeuvre.

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