Julian Assange Opera In Workshopping Stages (VIDEO)

An opera company in Melbourne is workshopping an original work based on the life of Julian Assange, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. "The secret Assange project," as ABC calls it, would ideally revitalize the struggling Opera Australia with younger, larger crowds. It hasn't been greenlighted yet, but composer Jonathan Dreyfus has been commissioned to write the music, and there's already a cast of singers and musicians workshopping the piece with Assange's blessing. In Assange's role is singer Eddie Perfect (real last name), who told ABC: "It's got everything that a dramatic musical work needs. It's got heroes, it's got villains. In fact it's got a hero and a villain combined in one." Perfect, for the record, currently sports a healthy glow and non-white hair.

(via Guardian)

WATCH the ABC report:

Comments

[Omishinji]

06:21 AM on 11/10/2011

15 minutes of fame isn't what it used to be.

[Talossa]

12:34 AM on 11/10/2011

"One night in Stockholm makes a hard man humble..."

[Pale Writer]

01:41 AM on 11/10/2011

Not much between dispair and ecstasy ;)

[smartgayproblem]

07:48 PM on 11/09/2011

"Here Lies Leaks" by Fatboy Slim + David Byrne

[imonlyhereforthelaughs]

04:38 PM on 11/09/2011

Ego inflating...

[harriettubman]

02:19 PM on 11/09/2011

Every time I see a picture of this guy I get a bad feeling. There's nothing positive about him. Some inept boy who never matured into a man.