A Mexin soap opera that buts on Sunday is set to make televisn history as the untry's first telenovela to feature a gay uple as the leadg characters.
Contents:
- THE DECLE OF OPERA QUEENS AND THE RISE OF GAY OPERA
- WH GAY UPLE AS STARS, MEXIN TELENOVELA SET TO MAKE HISTORY
- THE 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME
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.” * operas with gay characters *
The opera is seen as the first mastream gay-themed opera.
WH GAY UPLE AS STARS, MEXIN TELENOVELA SET TO MAKE HISTORY
* operas with gay characters *
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 10 BT GAY MILS OF ALL TIME
” 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. 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.