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Rufus Wainwright

Canadian‐American singer‐songwriter and composer

Since 1973

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Wed Nov 11 Palm Beach, United States · Glazer Hall Tickets
Sat Nov 14 Dallas, United States · Texas Theatre Tickets
Sun Nov 15 Denton, United States · Murchison Performing Arts Center Tickets
Thu Nov 19 Princeton, United States · McCarter TheatreWanted: Judy Garland Tickets
Sat Nov 21 Storrs, United States · Jorgensen Center for the Performing ArtsWanted: Judy Garland Tickets
Sun Nov 22 Ridgefield, United States · Ridgefield Playhouse (Solo)Ridgefield Playhouse (Solo) Tickets
Sun Dec 6 New York, United States · The Town Hallwith Martha Wainwright Tickets
Fri Dec 11 Toronto, Canada · Koerner HallWanted: Judy Garland - Rufus Wainwright - Orchestrated Tickets
Sun Dec 13 Montreal, Canada · Winter Of Harmonies Tickets
Fri Jan 8 Amsterdam, United States · Royal Theater CarréWainwright Does Weill with The Metropole Orkest Tickets
Sat Jan 9 Utrecht, Netherlands · TivoliVredenburgWainwright Does Weill with The Metropole Orkest Tickets
Sun Jan 10 The Hague, Netherlands · Amare Tickets
Sun Jan 10 Den Haag, Netherlands · AMARE Den HaagWainwright Does Weill with The Metropole Orkest Tickets
Wed Apr 7 Sydney, Australia · Dream Requiem Tickets
Thu Apr 8 Sydney, Australia · Dream Requiem Tickets
Sat Apr 10 Sydney, Australia · Want Symphonic Tickets
Sun Apr 11 Sydney, Australia · Want Symphonic Tickets
Sun Apr 25 Berlin, Germany · Dream Requiem Tickets
Tue Jun 15 Montreal, Canada · Dream RequiemDream Requiem Tickets

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Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright (born July 22, 1973) is a Canadian and American singer, songwriter, and composer. He has recorded eleven studio albums and numerous tracks on compilations and film soundtracks. He has also written two classical operas and set Shakespeare's sonnets to music for a theatre piece by Robert Wilson.

Wainwright's self-titled debut album was released through DreamWorks Records in May 1998. His second album, Poses, was released in June 2001. Wainwright's third and fourth studio albums, Want One (2003) and Want Two (2004), were repackaged as the double album Want in 2005. In 2007, Wainwright released his fifth studio album, Release the Stars, and his first live album, Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall.

His second live album, Milwaukee at Last!!!, was released in 2009, followed by the studio albums All Days Are Nights: Songs for Lulu (2010) and Out of the Game (2012). The double album Prima Donna (2015) was a recording of his opera of the same name. His ninth studio album, Take All My Loves: 9 Shakespeare Sonnets (2016), featured nine adaptions of Shakespeare's sonnets. Rufus' 10th studio album, Unfollow the Rules, was released on July 20, 2020. His eleventh, Folkocracy, was released on June 2, 2023.

Wainwright is the son of musicians Loudon Wainwright III and Kate McGarrigle, the older brother of singer Martha Wainwright, the half-brother of singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche, the nephew of singer-songwriters Sloan Wainwright (paternal) and Anna McGarrigle (maternal), and the grandson of writer Loudon Wainwright Jr..

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Rufus Wainwright, né le 22 juillet 1973 à Rhinebeck (New York), est un auteur-compositeur-interprète américano-canadien.

Il chante principalement en anglais et parfois en français, ayant habité presque toute son enfance à Montréal, où il a toujours une résidence.

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