As a complete Rufus devotee I’m always looking forward to a new album, the NME reports.

Rufus Wainwright has revealed that he plans to record a new pared-back album featuring just piano and vocals following the airing of his forthcoming opera, ‘Prima Donna’, next summer.

Wainwright told Billboard that the idea was a reaction to his recent epic work on the opera and last year’s ‘Release The Stars’ album.

“That the album will just be a solo piano/voice, just sitting in the studio alone and making it about the music,” he said. “After all that, it’s an opportunity to have this slight moment of intimacy with me – which I know everybody wants.”