Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, and composer.

He has released seven albums of original music as well as several tracks on compilations and film soundtracks.

For a theater work by Robert Wilson, he has also written a classical opera and set Shakespeare sonnets to music. In May 1998, Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released by DreamWorks Records.

Poses, his second album, was released in June 2001.

Want One (2003) and Want Two (2004), Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, were repackaged as the double album Want in 2005.

Wainwright's fifth studio album Release the Stars and his first live album Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall were released in 2007.

Milwaukee at Last!!!!! is his second live album. All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010) and Out of the Game (2012) were released in 2009, followed by the studio album All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010) and Out of the Game (2012).

Prima Donna's fifth album was a recording of his opera of the same name.

Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets (2016) is Shakespeare's ninth studio album. Wainwright is the son of singer Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, as well as the older brother of singer Martha Wainwright.

Personal life

On August 23, 2012, Wainwright, a gay man, married German art director Jörn Weisbrodt. Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, a young girl of Leonard Cohen, was born on February 2, 2011 and was raised by Wainwright to Lorca Cohen, Leonard Cohen's daughter. She and her mother coexist.

"I don't think any government should encroach on what goes on in the bedroom at all," Wainwright says in 2008.

Wainwright argued in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage in the United States in April 2010, primarily because he wanted to marry Weisbrodt. "I wasn't a big gay rights advocate before meeting Jörn because I adored the whole old school promiscuous Oscar Wilde frenz show of what being gay" once was." "All changed" after meeting Jörn.

In a 2020 interview with NME, Wainwright has openly condemned 45th US President Donald Trump, addressing him in his music video for his album "Sword of Damocles" and saying, "It's impossible to minimize the Trump administration's ineptitude and pure evil."

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Life and career

Wainwright was born in Vancouver, to folk singers Kate McGarrigle and Loudon Wainwright III. He was divorced when he was three years old, and the bulk of his childhood was spent in Montreal. His father, Peter Stuyvesant, the 17th century Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, later New York, is a descendant of Peter Stuyvesant, the 17th century Dutch governor of New Amsterdam, who died in New Amsterdam. Wainwright holds dual citizenship in the United States and Canada. He attended high school at the Millbrook School in New York (which would later inspire his song "Millbrook") and then studied piano at McGill in Montreal. He began playing piano at the age of six and began touring with "The McGarrigle Sisters and Family," a folk band starring Rufus, his sister Martha, his mother Kate, and aunt Anna. His song "I'm a-Runnin" (which he appeared in the film Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller at the age of 14, earned him a nomination for Best Original Song in 1989, Genie Awards. He was nominated for the Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year in 1990 by the National Vocalist of the Year.

When a youth, Wainwright was identified as gay. He told Rolling Stone that his father was aware of his homosexuality early on. "We'd drive around in the car; he'd play 'Heart of Glass,' and I'd kind of mouth the words, presuming to be Blondie." Just a sign of many more things to come." In another interview, Wainwright said that his "mother and father could not even comprehend me being gay." We've never really thought about it."

Wainwright became interested in opera during his teenage years, and the style strongly influences his music. (For example, the song "Barcelona" by Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Macbeth" has lyrics from the libretto. He became interested in Édith Piaf, Al Jolson, and Judy Garland during this period. He studied classical music at Interlochen Arts Camp as a youth.

Wainwright was sexually assaulted in Hyde Park, London, after picking up a man at a bar at age 14. "I said I wanted to go to the park and see where this huge concert was going on," he explained years later. I had hoped it was going to be a romantic walk in the park, but he assaulted me and robbed me afterwards and threatened to strangle me." Wainwright claims that he survived only by pretending to be an epileptic and faking a seizure. He was known to have been celibate for five or seven years after the shooting, and then became promiscuous.

Wainwright was on the Montreal club circuit and then cut a series of demo tapes by Pierre Marchand, who later produced Wainwright's album Poses, and later released Wainwright's album Poses. The resulting tapes enthralled his father Loudon, who gave them to his friend Van Dyke Parks. Lenny Waronker, the DreamWorks Records executive who later signed Wainwright to his label, was sent by Parks.

In 1996, the singer toured New York City, where he appeared at Club Fez on a daily basis. Rufus Wainwright, 1998, he moved to Los Angeles this year and began his first studio album, 1998's Rufus Wainwright. Waronker partnered Wainwright with producer Jon Brion, and the pair spent the majority of 1996 to 1997 on the record. On 62 rolls of tape, Wainwright performed 56 songs in total, on 62 tracks. The sessions cost $700,000.

Wainwright's self-titled debut received critical acclaim; Rolling Stone named it as one of the year's best albums, as well as the best New Artist" of the year. Wainwright was nominated for four awards by the Gay & Lesbian American Music Awards, including Album of the Year, Pop Recording of the Year, and Video of the Year, as well as Best New Artist. Rufus Wainwright was named in a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Music Album and a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album. However, commercial success of the album was limited; the debut did not chart in any country, though Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart ranked him at No. 24.

In 1996 Wainwright toured the United Kingdom as "Special Guest" of Kate & Anna McGarrigle. In 1998, he appeared on Sean Lennon's tour and launched his first headline tour later this year. He appeared in a Gap commercial directed by Phil Harder in December 1998, starring Frank Loesser's "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?" Wainwright began a headlining tour in Hoboken, New Jersey, in March 1999.

Wainwright spent six months in the Chelsea Hotel in New York City, where he wrote the majority of his second book. Wainwright's second album, Poses, was released on June 5, 2001, to critical acclaim, but limited numbers were sold. The album debuted at No.117 on the Billboard 200 and No.1 charts, and at No. 1 on the Top Heatseekers chart. Poses was named by the Juno Awards for Outstanding Music Album and a Juno Award for Best Alternative Album, and "Grey Gardens" was nominated by the Juno Awards for Best Songwriter. He appeared on Tori Amos, Sting, Ben Folds, and Guster from 2001 to 2004, as well as assisting with the album's promotion from 2001 to 2002.

Wainwright became addicted to crystal methamphetamine in the early 2000s and temporarily lost his sight. During what he described as "the most surreal week of my life," his addiction hit its peak in 2002. During the week, he appeared on BBC comedy television show Absolutely Fabulous, and spent many nights with his mother and Marianne Faithfull, and experienced regular hallucinations of his father throughout his life. Since finding out he was either going to detox or I was going to live with my father, he decided after that. "I knew I wanted an asshole to yell at me, but I felt he was right," said the bill.

Rufus released Want One, a full-length album, in 2003. DreamWorks/Geffen published Then Wainwright's album Want Two, which four songs were listed as the EP Waiting for a Want. On March 15, 2005, the original live iTunes Sessions EP entitled Alright, Already Live: Live in Montréal was released. In 2005, a DVD called All I Want, which included a biographical film, music videos, and live performances, was released around the world. Wainwright made two major contributions as a solo vocalist to two albums: Antony and the Johnsons' I am a Bird Now and Burt Bacharach's At This Time, both from the same year.

Want One and Want Two were repackaged as Want for a November 2005 release to coincide with the start of a British tour. "Es Muß Sein" and "Velvet Curtain Rag" are included in this version of Want One. "Chelsea Hotel No. 1" is one of two bonus tracks in the United Kingdom; "Chelsea Hotel No. 2" is one of the Want package. 2" (a Leonard Cohen cover) and "In With the Ladies" which replace "Coeur de parisienne – Reprise d'Arletty") and "Quand vous mourez de nos amours" from 2004's enhanced version.

Release the Stars, Wainwright's fifth studio album, was released by Geffen on May 15, 2007. Richard Thompson, friend Teddy Thompson, sister Martha Wainwright, Helen McGarrigle, Neil Tennant, Joan Wasser, Julianna Mullins (formally known as Toby Dammit) and actress Siân Phillips appeared on the album. It debuted at No.2 on the UK Albums Chart and debuted at No.23 on the Billboard 200. In the iTunes Music Store, the first single, "Going to a Town," was released on April 3, 2007. "Rules and Regulations" was the second single released, and "Tiergarten," a one-track EP with the Supermayer remix of Tiergarten, was exclusive to iTunes and 7digital on October 29, was released exclusively on iTunes and 7digital.

Two video clips were released for the album: "Going to a Town" by Sophie Muller, and "Rules and Regulations," directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos and styled by J.W. Anderson. In the United Kingdom, the Stars were awarded gold. Wainwright's world tour included stops in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia, with a concert at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City on February 14, 2008.

An interview with Wainwright by Scott Simon was shown on NPR's Weekend Edition on June 10, 2006. The segment was based on Wainwright's sold-out pair of Carnegie Hall shows on June 14 and 15, 2006, in which he performed the entire Judy Garland concert album, which was released there in 1961. He echoed his appearances at the London Palladium, the Paris Olympia, and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. On December 4, 2007, live CD and DVD recordings of the concerts were released.

The DVD is entitled Rufus!

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Does Judy!

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Live from the London Palladium. Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall, a CD compilation of his performances at the New York venue, is a collection of his performances. Lorna Luft of Garland expressed enthusiastic support for Wainwright's recordings of her mother's songs in 2008. The album was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album.

In early 2008, Wainwright invented the idea of Blackoutsabbath. Participants are encouraged to live "off the grid" as much as possible on a set date by unplugging electronics, walking or cycling for transportation, shutting down lights, and lowering electricity consumption in any other manner appropriate.

Participants explore how they can contribute to the Earth's wellbeing throughout the year as the sun rises on the evening of Blackoutsabbath. To raise money for the cause, annual benefit concerts take place. Joan Wasser, Jenni Muldaur, and friend and fellow singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson were among the special guests on the festival. The organization's official website has news about the campaign, as well as links to many tools, green products, and organizations that promote energy conservation and environmental protection.

Rufus performed at the Knitting Factory in downtown Manhattan with his sister Martha Wainwright and mother, Kate McGarrigle, as well as several more of his relatives. The cast members, as Emmylou Harris, Lou Reed, and Laurie Anderson, performed original and traditional Christmas songs. The performance was released on DVD by Revelation Films in November 2009.

Wainwright's first opera, Prima Donna, was written in 2007–2008, about "a day in the life of an opera performer." Wainwright, who was on the verge of writing her first opera, Prima Donna, was eagerly planning for her comeback, when he fell in love with a journalist. There are four characters in the libretto, and it is in French. Metropolitan Opera general manager Peter Gelb had originally ordered the opera. However, Wainwright and the Met's inability to schedule an opening in the 2009 season ended their collaboration as a result of a controversy over Wainwright's decision to write the libretto in French and the Met's inability to schedule an opening. Prima Donna was staged during the Manchester International Festival, where the first performance at the Palace Theatre on July 10, 2009, was held instead of a New York opening. Wainwright "may have a difficult time persuading critics that he is deserving of a spot among the top ranked performers," one newspaper said. In June 2011, Prima Donna received the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera.

Wainwright revealed in November 2009 that he had completed recording his sixth studio album, and that he was calling it All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu. With the first single "Who Are You New York?" released in Canada, April 5 in the United Kingdom, and April 20 in the United States, the album was released in Canada, on March 23. "I am not sure what the hell I am talking about."

Wainwright and mother Kate McGarrigle attended the Royal Albert Hall in London in December 2009 to raise funds for the Kate McGarrigle Fund, a rare condition that affects connective tissue such as bone, muscle, nerves, and cartilage. It was his mother's last act before her death in January 2010.

Wainwright proposed to Jörn Weisbrodt, his partner, in late 2010. In early 2012, the couple moved to Toronto, Ontario, after Weisbrodt was named artistic director of Toronto's annual Luminato festival.

Wainwright's first child was born in 2011 with childhood friend Lorca Cohen, daughter of Leonard Cohen. On his website, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen, the proud parents of Los Angeles, California, was born on February 2, 2011 to Deputy Parents Jorn Weisbrodt and proud parent Lorca Cohen. The little angel is obviously healthy, presumably happy, and obviously very beautiful."

House of Rufus, a 19-disc box set of his studio and live recordings as well as previously unreleased material, was released in July 2011.

Wainwright recorded his seventh studio album with producer Mark Ronson. He referred to the new songs as more "danceable" than his previous work. Out of the Game, a game album, was released in late April and Canada in the UK and Canada, and in the United States in early May.

Rufus Wainwright and Jörn Weisbrodt married in Montauk, New York, on August 23, 2012. Justin Vivian Bond, an artist, was honoured at the service.

Hadrian, the Canadian Opera Company's second opera, premiered at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, directed by Canadian Director Peter Hinton, with libretto written by Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor. Hadrian attended Opera Fusion: New Works, a joint project of Cincinnati Opera and University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, before its premiere.

Wainwright created a new version of his first opera in 2015, which was followed by Francesco Vezzoli's film starring Cindy Sherman as the Prima Donna. The finale was shot in Paris during spring 2015 and produced by Petite Maison Productions, before it premiered in Athens in September.

Rufus signed a new album and music publisher BMG Rights Management just over a year after launching stand-alone single "Sword of Damocles" in October 2018. "Trouble in Paradise," the album's first single, was released shortly after. The album, Unfollow the Rules, was announced in February 2020 alongside the unveiling of Joni Mitchell's "Damsel in Distress" and was set for a release in April. In March, a new single, "Peaceful Afternoon," was released on digital platforms, as a B-side in France. Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, Wainwright's album "Unfollow the rules" are trapped in the warehouses, "you know that I am an old school guy and the physical product is extremely important." I am incredibly proud of this album and the way I want you to experience it ideally, including listening to it from front to back in the warmth of your living room, listening to the lyrics, and even looking at the booklet that I carefully crafted." This news was followed by the unveiling of "Alone Time," the LP's fourth single, which was originally scheduled to be out on April 24, 2020. In early June, the first single, a tongue-in-cheek analysis of fame and place relative to geographical location, "You Ain't Big." Unfollow the Rules, Rufus Wainwright's 10th studio album, was released on July 10. The album was welcomed with a warm reception upon its unveiling and has amassed mostly favorable critical feedback, with a score of 82 on Metacritic, his highest score on the site equal to his 2001 LP Poses.

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