#opera singer

[chumpodile]

2 turtles i never finished.  black mage and singer

[legendarytragedynacho]

Nina Hagen

[mistressvera]

Van Helsing (2004) dir. Stephen Sommers

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Maria Schreker by Frieda Riess (1923)

Frieda Riess (1890-1954) ~ Maria Schreker, née Binder, opera Singer, wife of the composer Franz Schreker. Portrait in the main role in the opera ‘Der Schatzgräber’ (The Treasure Hunter), 1923 | src getty images view on wordPress

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Art is domination. It's making people think that for that precise moment in time there is only one way, one voice. Yours.

- Maria Callas

[detroitlib]

View of mezzo-soprano Maria Ewing as Carmen and Luis Lima as Don Jose in Bizet's opera, "Carmen." Label on back: "Press Department, Metropolitan Opera, Lincoln Center, New York City 10023. Luis Lima as Don Jose and Maria Ewing as Carmen in the final act of Bizet's 'Carmen.'"

E. Azalia Hackley Collection of African Americans in the Performing Arts, Detroit Public Library

[noirxiumocha]

New hunter 💖💖💖

[temere-canis]

hear me out

[yourdailyqueer]

Adrian Angelico

Gender: Transgender man

Sexuality: N/A

DOB: 9 March 1979  

Ethnicity: Sami

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Opera singer

[transboysoprano]

Almost one month until I start testosterone!

It's also that time of year when directors start sending out their contracts and letters of availability to musicians like myself, and I've had to start coming out to all of them in response. So far, I've gotten nothing but support from everyone and it genuinely makes me so grateful.

The general message I've been sending to them has been as follows:

"As part of my transition, I have decided to undergo hormone replacement therapy, and will be taking testosterone starting May 28th of this year. One of the effects of testosterone (as I'm sure you are aware) is on the voice. Its effects are the same as young men undergoing puberty, so my voice will most likely deepen over time into that of a phenotypically "masculine" voice. This is a decision I do not make lightly, and have come to after many years of consideration. I will be taking regular lessons with Dr. (DM me if you're looking for resources) who specializes in transgender voices as I undergo these changes. My goal is to continue singing at the highest level regardless of how my voice changes, but where it will most comfortably settle and how long that will take is up to genetics and fate. By next year, I may be able to sing tenor or baritone, though I intend to train my upper register to sing countertenor if possible."

Then I thank them and let them know that I'd like to re-audition for their ensembles when my voice has settled more. They've all responded positively and with excitement for me, and the chorusmaster for my city's opera company even said there would be no need, as she knows the work of the professor I'm taking lessons with and thinks I would benefit from being on stage this season(!!!!)

In other news, the symphony I do admin for had their soprano soloist drop out of the Mozart Requiem so guess who's learning the part and performing it in two weeks? Your boy!! It feels a bit kismet. What better way to honor the end of my soprano career than with a requiem?

I'm still nervous to all hell but I'm just so tired of living like this. I just feel like this decision is going to change everything for the better for me.

[forever70s]

Leontyne Price sings Richard Strauss LP (1974)

[zurich-snows]

GERALDINE FARRAR (1882-1967). American operatic soprano, in the titla role of 'Sister Angelica,' by Giacomo Puccini, c1918.

[legendarytragedynacho]

Maria Callas and Marilyn Monroe at JFK's birthday gala, 1962

[mistressvera]

Zuzana Durdinová as Opera Singer

Van Helsing, 2004

[oldvintageglamour]

Black lyric soprano singer Anne Brown, 1943 🖤🖤🖤🖤

[hauntedbystorytelling]

Russian opera singer and dancer Maria Nikolaevna Kuznetsova (1880 – 1966) (Мария Николаевна Кузнецова, also spelled Maria Kuznetsova-Benois) in Aida (opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi).

Photographed by Ferdinand Flodin in 1919. | src eBay

Swedish photo postcard of Maria Kuznetsova-Benois [Ballets Russes] in a Spanish Dance, dated 1919. Photographer stamp : Ferd. Flodin

src Swed.Antique