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.”
Contents:
- THE DECLE OF OPERA QUEENS AND THE RISE OF GAY OPERA
- WHY DO MANY GAY MEN LOVE OPERA?
- PL GAY
- CHRISTOPHE GAY
- GAY PARIS
- ZACHARY JAM, AN OUT GAY OPERA ARTIST YOU NEED TO KNOW
THE DECLE OF OPERA QUEENS AND THE RISE OF GAY OPERA
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WHY DO MANY GAY MEN LOVE OPERA?
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How gay is opera?
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PL GAY
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“displaced eroticism, ” when gay men and lbians had to exprs. ” The days, younger gay people are far likelier to.
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CHRISTOPHE GAY
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They certaly pensate for the long s when gay people. (One notable velopment: not all of the above operas are by gay.
GAY PARIS
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ZACHARY JAM, AN OUT GAY OPERA ARTIST YOU NEED TO KNOW
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him an uneasy place the pantheon of gay posers. opera, “The Knot Garn, ” whose ensemble st clus Dov, a gay whe.
Virgil Thomson on down, were gay.
told a draft board that he was homosexual, and, a 1946 review of an. Harrison was drawn to the material not simply bee of s gay. A send wave of gay operas began the neteen-neti, the wake.