{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/652d1f072bf6d10012c14f3f/66a95725506e83be66c99b3b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Rufus Wainwright","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/652d1f072bf6d10012c14f3f/1722373911566-287189db-7d90-4df8-9be8-c7f39cf29992.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Off the allotment and into a city garden today with musician and composer Rufus Wainwright. Rufus joined Flo fresh from a run of shows and special events, including the performance of his Dream Requiem in Paris, performed by Anna Prohaska, the Philharmonic Orchestra of Radio France, and narrated by Meryl Streep.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>In this episode of Digging, Flo and Rufus - with the assistance of Siegfried the dog - plant out tomatoes. Whilst they set about the task they discuss Rufus’ discovery of opera as a young gay teenager during the peak of the AIDS crisis, his musical lineage, the bruising experience of launching a cutting edge musical on the West End and his new found love of Britney Spears.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Presenter - Flo Dill, Producer - Lizzy King, Editing - Femi Oriogun-Williams, Sound Recording and Mastering - Sophie Ellison</p><p><br></p><p>Music - Cleaners from Venus - The Artichoke That Loved Me, courtesy of Martin Newell &amp; Captured Tracks.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"NTS"}