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Singer Rufus Wainwright, fresh off an award at the GLAAD Media Awards this past weekend, is reportedly writing an opera for the New York Metropolitan Opera. Titled, ‘Prima Donna’, the opera will focus on one day in the life of an opera singer.

In an interview with Variety Magazine, Wainwright said that the opera will follow “the construct of the diva, from Maria Callas to Norma Desmond, and the Jean-Jacques Beineix movie Diva, from the 80s. And God darn it, there’s a bit of me in that too.”

Rufus is not simply composing the music. He is also writing the libretto in French. While that may seem difficult, Rufus did grow up in Montreal, after his parents divorce.