Recientemente Courtney Love has appeared at the casting to play one of the main roles in the pop opera Kansas City Choir Boy. To obtain it Love would debut for the first time in the opera. This representation will have 10 performances during the Prototype: Opera / Theater / Now Festival that will take place from January 8 to 17 in New York City (USA).
Love revealed to the press in recent days that she is delighted to be able to play the role of opera diva: “I love the concept, and I love the genre. To be honest I must say that now I am looking for things that are different in my life. I just finished a tour of Australia, and it's really been great, but I feel like I've been doing that for a long time. Now I want something different that is a challenge for me ".
Todd Almond, composer of music for opera Kansas City Choir Boy, confessed to the press about the surprise it was for him to find Courtney Love auditioning for the title role. “I've always been fascinated by Courtney. I love her voice, and I think she's a good actress too. It seems to me that playing the character would be interesting for him ”. Almond, meanwhile, will also play the main male role in pop-opera, which is described as "A play about an explosive youthful love put to the test by cruel fate, and told through a series of mysterious flashbacks".