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
- TYLER PERRY AND OPRAH WEY FELL OUT OVER HIS GAY-THEMED SHOWS AND TYLER TAKG CRED FOR TURNG OWN AROUND
- 1950S GAY-THEMED OPERA SELLS OUT MONTREAL
THE DECLE OF OPERA QUEENS AND THE RISE OF GAY OPERA
* gay themed opera *
The opera is seen as the first mastream gay-themed opera. 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.
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TYLER PERRY AND OPRAH WEY FELL OUT OVER HIS GAY-THEMED SHOWS AND TYLER TAKG CRED FOR TURNG OWN AROUND
How gay is opera?
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1950S GAY-THEMED OPERA SELLS OUT MONTREAL
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. They certaly pensate for the long s when gay people.