Rufus Wainwright News

New York City Opera today announced concert details for Who Are You New York?: The Songs of Rufus Wainwright - a one-night only concert on Thursday, November 17 at 8:00pm at the Rose Theater in Frederick P. Rose Hall, home of Jazz at Lincoln Center.

It begins with one of the best feelings in the world -- waking up to 11:11: "Woke up this morning at 11:11/Wasn't in Portland and I wasn't in heaven/Could have been either by the way I was feeling/But I was alive, I was alive." That's what 11:11 is all about, isn't it? Thinking about being alive as you witness four numbers lined up perfectly, like ... (more)

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Singer Rufus Wainwright, left, is shown with partner Jorn Weisbrodt in New York on Sept.