Rufus Wainwright to take up Royal Opera House residency

'All the crowned heads of Europe will be getting on Eurostar,' jokes singer as he prepares for summer concert seriesRufus Wainwright, no stranger to the lyric stage since the premiere of his opera Prima Donna at last year's Manchester international festival, is to be the first pop artist to take up residency at what he called the "distant and implacable fortress" that is the Royal Opera House.Though the Royal Opera House has in the past hosted such artists as Björk, Sting and Elton John for one...

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