Rufus Wainwright played the WFC, Loudon playing a store

“Rufus Wainwright and the City Opera singers/pianist that came with him put on a really lovely and charming show tonight. #FillsMyHeart” – Jennifer Jones

Crowd at Rufus’ World Financial Center show (via Daniel Mazur)

Rufus Wainwright packed the house (as pictured above) when he performed excerpts from his opera Prima Donna at World Financial Center on Tuesday (6/28). According to Dumbo Books of Brooklyn, the fantastic performance also featured:

Arias from Verdi, Puccini, Wagner, Bizet and Massenet performed by soprano Anne-Carolyn Bird, mezzo-soprano Laura Vlasak Nolen, tenor Robert Mack, and bass-baritone Matthew Burns, and Kevin Murphy, City Opera director of music administration, on the piano, and a couple of great Rufus Wainwright non-opera songs, ‘Damned Ladies”‘ and the exquisite ‘Who Are You New York?’

Check out a video from the performance below.

Rufus also recently recorded a cover of Richard Thompson’s “Down Where the Drunkards Roll” with his father Loudon Wainwright III. Check out a video of the recording session over at The Guardian.

Loudon will be at the Barnes & Noble in Union Square on July 7 performing music and reading from his essay “My Cool Life” which comes with his new 40 Odd Years boxed set. Priority seating is available with the purchase of the box set which Loudon will be signing copies of. The event starts at 5 PM.

The video of Rufus below…

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Rufus Wainwright – Prima Donna at WFC