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David Shengold

Director Dustin Wills, a 2023 Obie winner, is leading his first local operatic production.
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Opera preview: Queering ‘Eugene Onegin’ at Heartbeat Opera

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Kitty Hart (Wendy Bryn Harmer), Owen Hart (Rod Gilfry), Sister Helen Prejean (Joyce DiDonato), Jade Boucher (Krysty Swann), and Howard Boucher (Chauncey Packer) in Jake Heggie's "Dead Man Walking."
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Opera and song interrogates institutional confinement in New York and Toronto

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Peter Toto (Lewis) and Harrison Fish (Matt) in "Fantasticks."
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Boy-meets-boy ‘Fantasticks’ highlights summer theater in P-Town

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Yaritza Véliz (Catrina), Daniela Mack (Frida Kahl), and Alfredo Daza (Diego Rivera) in San Francisco Opera's new work by Gabriela Lena Frank.
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San Francisco Opera marks 100 years with compelling showing

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Kathryn Lewek (Queen of the Night) and Erin Morley (Pamina) in the Met's "Die Zauberflöte."
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Opera uptown and downtown

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Shavon Lloyd (Betto) and Natalie Lewis (Zita) are skeptical about their inheritance in Juilliard's riotous "Gianni Schicchi."
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Opera roundup: Some comedies, for a change

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Terence Blanchard's "Champion plays through May 13.
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Gay boxers (in brief) at the opera

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Sabine Devieilhe as Sister Constance in Poulenc's "Dialogues des Carmélites."
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From Schubert to Strayhorn, gay composers find voice in New York and Paris

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Marc Kudisch and Kyle Bielfield in "Trade"
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The operatic new year: a brief chronicle

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Voices from all over in opera and song

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An all-Bach concert featuring out gay countertenor Reginald Mobley.
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Opera’s autumn voices

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Librettist Leah Lax uncovers her new autobiographical opera

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LGBTQ creators shine during summer opera season

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Opera season ends on high note in NYC and DC

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Cycles of Lost Love: Anthony Roth Costanzo Sings Berlioz and Spears

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Rising Tenor Star Frederick Ballentine: Living His Best Sportin’ Life

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Arts

  • The cast of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Season 10 stands with Councilmember Erik Bottcher (second from right in the middle row) and Stonewall Inn co-owner Stacy Lentz (next to Bottcher) RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Season 10 queens read anti-LGBTQ laws to filth at Stonewall
  • Colectivo Intercultural Transgrediendo, a Queens-based group committed to supporting the trans community, gets honored at Fuerza Fest in 2024. Latine LGBTQ arts festival Fuerza Fest returning for 10th edition
  • Model/Actriz performing in 2023. May LGBTQ music: Model/‌Actriz and Fielded
  • "Group on Petra, Lake Mahopac" (1888). Daguerreotype, day trips, and devastation: the Met explores early US photography
  • Writer/director Iair Said recently spoke with Gay City News about making “Most People Die on Sundays.” Q&A with ‘Most People Die on Sundays’ director Iair Said

Crime

  • Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg on sentencing of Donald TrumpMan sentenced to 8 years for deadly Manhattan nightclub druggings in robbery scheme: Bragg
  • Sam Nordquist was 24 years old. Sam Nordquist’s alleged killers accused of forcing children to torture him
  • Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Manhattan DA’s Office looks to reverse trend of anti-LGBTQ hate crimes
  • A picture of John Umberger. Victim’s mother speaks out after gay nightlife murder verdict
  • Sam Nordquist, 24, was staying at Patty's Lodge during the time leading up to his disappearance and death. Five charged with killing trans man in upstate New York after ‘prolonged physical and psychological abuse’

Perspectives

  • A view of the front steps of New York City Hall. Four cheers and five jeers to the City Council’s vote on trans protections
  • The entrance of Mount Morris Baths. What it was like to work at Harlem’s Mount Morris Baths, an uptown refuge
  • Cornelius Wiggins is the youth community engagement coordinator at the NYC LGBT Community Center. Finding my way: the struggles and strength of transgender youth in NYC
  • Brandy Livingston. This Transgender Day of Visibility, spread awareness and fight false narratives
  • Medicaid is a lifesaver for trans people like me. Policymakers must protect it.

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