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Many of today's finest opera singers around the world are proud to be LGBTQ.  They join a rich community of LGBTQ classical and opera composers that has spanned the generations, including  [[Baron Benjamin Britten]] (noted for the opera 'Peter Grimes') and [[Maurice Ravel]] (noted for 'Daphne and Chloe').
 
Many of today's finest opera singers around the world are proud to be LGBTQ.  They join a rich community of LGBTQ classical and opera composers that has spanned the generations, including  [[Baron Benjamin Britten]] (noted for the opera 'Peter Grimes') and [[Maurice Ravel]] (noted for 'Daphne and Chloe').
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These opera singers also lead fascinating lives.  Two of the leading members of the New York Metropolitan Opera Company are partners, [[Patricia Racette]] and [[Beth Clayton]].  Spanish transgender opera singer [[Manuela Trasobares]] is also on her local town council.  Counter-tenor [[David Daniels]], considered to be the finest of his age, has convinced composers to write an opera specifically highlighting his talents, and based on the life story of [[Oscar Wilde]].
 
These opera singers also lead fascinating lives.  Two of the leading members of the New York Metropolitan Opera Company are partners, [[Patricia Racette]] and [[Beth Clayton]].  Spanish transgender opera singer [[Manuela Trasobares]] is also on her local town council.  Counter-tenor [[David Daniels]], considered to be the finest of his age, has convinced composers to write an opera specifically highlighting his talents, and based on the life story of [[Oscar Wilde]].
  
LGBTQ opera singers hail from around the world, including New Zealand, Spain, Australia, Great Britain, Sweden, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, and the United States.
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Transgender opera singers have their own unique set of challenges, not least of which is the matching of their voice and tone to their gender and changes that can occur in their voice as they transition.  Opera singers spend years of training for their voice, and they are wary of anything that can interrupt or alter that training and its output.  The question a transgender opera singer must ask is - can a career as an opera singer co-exist with the desire to be one's true sexual gender?  Some transgender opera singers have opted to retain their voice range with their transitioned gender.  Transgender opera singers include [[Lucia Lucas]], [[Liz Bouk]], [[Breanna Sinclaire]], [[Holden Madagame]] and [[Adrian Angelico]].
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LGBTQ opera singers hail from around the world, including New Zealand, Spain, Australia, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, and the United States.
  
 
Read their individual profiles, which include links to videos of their outstanding performances:
 
Read their individual profiles, which include links to videos of their outstanding performances:
  
* [[Hadleigh Adams]], New Zealand
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'''Australia'''
* [[John Mark Ainsley]], Great Britain
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* [[Don Bemrose]], Australia
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* [[Don Bemrose]]
* [[Kanen Breen]], Australia
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* [[Kanen Breen]]
* [[Deborah Cheetham]], Australia
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* [[Deborah Cheetham]]
* [[Beth Clayton]], United States
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* [[Koen Crucke]], Belgium
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'''Belgium'''
* [[Hugues Cuenod]], Switzerland
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* [[David Daniels]], United States
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* [[Koen Crucke]]
* [[Garth Greenwell]], United States
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* [[Branden James]], United States
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'''Brazil'''
* [[Jay Armstrong Johnson]], United States
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* [[Ed Lyon]], Great Britain
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* [[Paulo Szot]]
* [[Peter Pears]], Great Britain
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* [[Patricia Racette]], United States
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'''Canada'''
* [[Breanna Sinclair]], United States
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* [[Rickard Soderberg]], Sweden
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* [[Jeremy Dutcher]]
* [[Noah Stewart]], United States
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* [[Rufus Wainwright]]
* [[Paulo Szot]], Brazil
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* [[Manuela Trasobares]], Spain
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'''Great Britain'''
* [[Rufus Wainwright]], Canada
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* [[John Mark Ainsley]]
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* [[Ed Lyon]]
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* [[Peter Pears]]
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'''New Zealand'''
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* [[Hadleigh Adams]]
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'''Norway'''
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* [[Adrian Angelico]]
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'''Spain'''
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* [[Manuela Trasobares]]
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'''Sweden'''
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* [[Rickard Soderberg]]
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'''Switzerland'''
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* [[Hugues Cuenod]]
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'''United States'''
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* [[Jamie Barton]]
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* [[Liz Bouk]]
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* [[Beth Clayton]]
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* [[Francois Clemmons]]
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* [[David Daniels]]
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* [[Garth Greenwell]]
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* [[Jill Grove]]
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* [[John Holiday]]
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* [[Branden James]]
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* [[Jay Armstrong Johnson]]
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* [[Lucia Lucas]]
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* [[Holden Madagame]]
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* [[Nicholas Phan]]
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* [[Patricia Racette]]
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* [[Breanna Sinclaire]]
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* [[Noah Stewart]]
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==
  
 
* [[LGBTQ Hip Hop Artists]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Hip Hop Artists]]
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* [[LGBTQ Jazz]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Rock Musicians]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Rock Musicians]]
 
* [[Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer]]
 
* [[Boy Band Members Who Are Out As Gay, Bisexual or Queer]]
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* [[LGBTQ Folk Music Singers]]
 
* [[LGBTQ Folk Music Singers]]
 
* [[Christian Singers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
 
* [[Christian Singers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[Electronic and Synthetic Music Performers Who Identify as LGBTQ]]
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* [[LGBTQ Classical Music Composers]]
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* [[Rhythm & Blues and the LGBTQ Community]]
  
 
==Further Reading/Research==
 
==Further Reading/Research==
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* http://www.afterellen.com/operas-lesbian-divas/04/2008/
 
* http://www.afterellen.com/operas-lesbian-divas/04/2008/
 
* http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130910-a-fight-at-the-opera
 
* http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20130910-a-fight-at-the-opera
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* https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/arts/music/transgender-opera-singers.html
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Many of today's finest opera singers around the world are proud to be LGBTQ. They join a rich community of LGBTQ classical and opera composers that has spanned the generations, including Baron Benjamin Britten (noted for the opera 'Peter Grimes') and Maurice Ravel (noted for 'Daphne and Chloe').

These opera singers also lead fascinating lives. Two of the leading members of the New York Metropolitan Opera Company are partners, Patricia Racette and Beth Clayton. Spanish transgender opera singer Manuela Trasobares is also on her local town council. Counter-tenor David Daniels, considered to be the finest of his age, has convinced composers to write an opera specifically highlighting his talents, and based on the life story of Oscar Wilde.

Transgender opera singers have their own unique set of challenges, not least of which is the matching of their voice and tone to their gender and changes that can occur in their voice as they transition. Opera singers spend years of training for their voice, and they are wary of anything that can interrupt or alter that training and its output. The question a transgender opera singer must ask is - can a career as an opera singer co-exist with the desire to be one's true sexual gender? Some transgender opera singers have opted to retain their voice range with their transitioned gender. Transgender opera singers include Lucia Lucas, Liz Bouk, Breanna Sinclaire, Holden Madagame and Adrian Angelico.

LGBTQ opera singers hail from around the world, including New Zealand, Spain, Australia, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Belgium, Switzerland, Canada, Brazil, and the United States.

Read their individual profiles, which include links to videos of their outstanding performances:

Australia

Belgium

Brazil

Canada

Great Britain

New Zealand

Norway

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

United States

See Also

Further Reading/Research


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