Singer Rufus Wainwright marries longtime boyfriend
Rufus Wainwright (left) and longtime partner Jorn Weisbrodt arriving for the season opening of the Metropolitan Opera in New York in this September 27, 2010, file photo. — Reuters picLOS ANGELES, Aug 25 — Singer Rufus Wainwright has married his longtime partner Jorn Weisbrodt in the Long Island beach community of Montauk, his spokeswoman told Reuters yesterday.
The couple, who became engaged in 2010, have an 18-month-old daughter, Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen.
Celebrity website People.com reported Wainwright, 39, and Weisbrodt were married on Thursday night by friend, artist Justin Vivian Bond. A star-studded guest list included Alan Cumming, Julianne Moore, Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Carrie Fisher.
The ceremony included performances by the Salome Chamber Orchestra, violinist David Aaron Carpenter and Wainwright’s sister, singer-songwriter Martha Wainwright, according to People.com
Wainwright is known primarily for ballads such as “Dinner at Eight”, “Barcelona” and “Harvester of Hearts”.
Weisbrodt is the artistic director of Toronto’s Luminato Festival. — Reuters
