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Contents:
- THE DECLE OF OPERA QUEENS AND THE RISE OF GAY OPERA
- THE MET OPERA HAS A GAY CONDUCTOR. Y, THAT MATTERS.
- ZACHARY JAM, AN OUT GAY OPERA ARTIST YOU NEED TO KNOW
- WHY DO MANY GAY MEN LOVE OPERA?
- GLAD TO BE GAY
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 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.
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THE MET OPERA HAS A GAY CONDUCTOR. Y, THAT MATTERS.
Openly gay performg arts lears are still rare. So was a breath of h air to chat about g out and Cele Dn wh Yannick Nézet-Ségu and his partner. * gay opera *
fense of homosexualy, clud a self-diagnostic. “displaced eroticism, ” when gay men and lbians had to exprs.
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ZACHARY JAM, AN OUT GAY OPERA ARTIST YOU NEED TO KNOW
* gay opera *
Sce 2010, the crop of gay-oriented works has clud—flute trill, please—Je Martín’s “Before Night Falls” and Charl Wuoren’s “Brokeback Mounta, ” stori faiar om film; Theodore Morrison’s “Osr, ” on the life of Wil; Terence Blanchard’s “Champn, ” about the gay Ain-Amerin boxer Ee Griffh; two perd operas by Gregory Spears, “Pl’s Case” and “Fellow Travelers”; Mark Simpson’s “Pleasure, ” set at a gay night club; Kev March’s “L Feluett, ” based on Michel Marc Bouchard’s play “Lili”; Andrea Srtazzi’s “Edward II, ” about the sndalo Brish monarch; Ricky Ian Gordon’s “27, ” portrayg the partnership of Gert Ste and Alice B.
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WHY DO MANY GAY MEN LOVE OPERA?
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GLAD TO BE GAY
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