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 ...

Rufus Wainwright feels the clock ticking. He’s only 51, but when his mother died at the age of 63 it made him “keenly aware that you’ve got to do what you can while you’re here,” he says, “because it ...

Alexander Neef, General Director of the Canadian Opera Company, today released details of the company's new opera commission, Hadrian, composed by internationally acclaimed Canadian-American singer, ...

Rufus Wainwright’s music is hard to categorize. It’s not really pop music because too often it lacks the kind of simple catchy hooks that make for great radio fodder. He composed an opera and has set ...

Rufus Wainwright performed in concert halls around the country in October with his full band. From the a capella candlelit opening, to the “bacchanalian pantomime” encore, the shows traversed Rufus ...

Composer and songwriter Rufus Wainwright has reflected on the early closure of new musical Opening Night, which continues for another 11 days in the West End. Led by Sheridan Smith, the show is penned ...

“I’m never far from the centre of the storm,” laughs Canadian-American singer, songwriter, composer and musical polymath Rufus Wainwright. Calling in from Montréal, Dream Requiem adds yet another ...

Rufus Wainwright joins forces with Pacific Jazz Orchestra for the release of Stranger Here Myself – Wainwright Does Weill, a tribute album for German-American composer Kurt Weill. “The songs of Kurt ...

You will recall that singer/songwriter Rufus Wainwright was invited by the Metropolitan Opera, no less, to compose a work for the company, but the project hit a snag. The Met announced that Wainwright ...

NEW YORK – APRIL 12: Musician Rufus Wainwright performs live during the ”Sundance Channel Green” launch party at ABC Home on April 12, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Scott Wintrow/Getty Images) *** ...