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I like to sing to Verdi, I like singing to Sibelius, and Mahler maybe.

Rufus Wainwright

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Rufus Wainwright
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: July 22
Composer
Musician
Pianist
Singer
Singer-Songwriter
Rhinebeck (village)
New York
Rufus McGarrigle Wainwright
Verdi
Mahler
Sing
Singing
Maybe
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Sibelius

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I could always escape into this demi-monde of homosexuality, which I feel really indebted to. It stopped me being a 'mummy's boy.'
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I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.
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