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Who created that geo 20th-century creature, the rock star? Consir the gay image makers of the day, like Brian Epste and Jann Wenner.

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THE DECLE OF OPERA QUEENS AND THE RISE OF GAY OPERA

Alex Ross on “opera queens” and the history of gay them opera, as well as the recent proliferatn of gay operas, like “Angels Ameri” and “Pl’s Case.” * gay rock opera *

”Read more: 15 great classil posers who also happened to be gay. He’s known for his acclaimed terpretatn of Verdi’s intifi as gay, and recently released Vanished, an LGBTQ+ story about “longg, heartbreak, and searchg for love” wh John Holiday (above). Breanna Sclairé is a transgenr soprano who has had an eclectic reer sgg a diverse range of genr and settgs – om the opera stage, to the Walt Disney Concert Hall wh the Los Angel Gay Men’s Chos.

Jse Tyler Fergon Is a Gay Neo-Con Vant ‘Log Cab' Off-Broadway: REVIEW. Starry Broadway Revival of ‘The Boys the Band' Lends Gay History a High Sheen: REVIEW. The opera is seen as the first mastream gay-themed opera.

THE GAY ARCHECTS OF ROCK

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Disillned by the Cuban Revolutn and persecuted by the Castro regime as a dissint wrer and homosexual, Arenas suffered as a polil prisoner forced to smuggle his mancripts abroad for publitn. ” The opera, which had s world premiere at the Santa Fe Opera 2013, was a vehicle for David Daniels, who is also openly gay and who later brought the work to Opera Philalphia a revised versn.

ILL-FATED GAY LOVE AND HORMONAL TEMPTS ON A SCHOOL STAGE

Ross, based on the events surroundg the ath of Matthew Shepard, a young, gay llege stunt who was beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die.

The work, wh libretto by Greg Pierce based on Thomas Mallon’s novel of the same name, chronicl a doomed gay romance McCarthy-era Washgton, D. The opera is set 1912 and 1957, when homosexualy was still a taboo. The opera ma s world premiere 2016 and marked the first time a gay love story had been staged Montreal.

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5 Gay-Themed Films We Would Love to See as Operas.

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