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The operas I listen to aren't in English, and I want to listen to my opera after I'm done with it. I want to have the desire to play it on the stereo. To me, the language is part of the mystery.

Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
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Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
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