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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

  • Marilyn Oliva, Roberta Degnore, and Anne Maguire stand together against book bans. Activists protest book bans in front of New York Public Library
  • HIV Unwrapped made its US debut at New York Fashion Week on Sept. 13. ‘HIV Unwrapped’ combines science and style for New York Fashion Week
  • Denis Shepherd, Brandon Grimes, and Rafael Silva in "The Compatriots." Q&A: Actors Rafael Silva and Brandon Grimes on their roles in gay immigration film ‘The Compatriots’
  • Ane Dahl Torp, Ella Overbye, and Anne Marit Jacobsen in “Dreams (Sex Love)." ‘Dreams (Sex Love)’ concludes ‘Love Sex Dreams’ trilogy with a sapphic coming-of-age tale
  • Denis Lambert, Luke Newton, Emily Skinner, Fady Demian and Catherine LeFrere in “House of McQueen." ‘House of McQueen’: A dazzling mix of biodrama and fashion

Crime

  • Law enforcement officers set up barriers after a shooting at Annunciation Church, which is also home to an elementary school, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. August 27, 2025. In wake of Minneapolis shooting, White House falsely suggests link between gender-affirming care and violence
  • Convicted rapist of transgender woman in Manhattan walks in handcuffs.Convicted Manhattan rapist gets 12 years in prison, feels wrath of his transgender victim at sentencing hearing
  • U.S. rapper Lil Nas X, alongside his attorney Christy O'Connor, attends his arraignment at Los Angeles Superior Court in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 25, 2025. Lil Nas X charged with four felonies after arrest in Los Angeles
  • The front of a white brick building representing the Middletown Police Department on a sunny day. DA: Middletown man lured Grindr date to his home in brutal stabbing attack
  • The Federal Bureau of Investigation seal on the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 16, 2025. Anti-LGBTQ hate crimes persisted in 2024: FBI data

Perspectives

  • Émilia Decaudin For New York to remain a queer haven, we must build more homes
  • Ronald Porcelli is the director of the NYC Unity Project. How the NYC Unity Project’s Family Acceptance of LGBTQ+ Youth Initiative heals families and saves LGBTQ+ lives
  • The 2025 NYC Dyke March. Letter to the editor: NYC Dyke March’s policy represents deliberate exclusion rooted in religious and political identity
  • At the Queer Liberation March in 2022. Pride is resilience, liberation, community, and identity
  • A picture depicting the late Pope Francis and Pope Leo XIV prior to his election is displayed as Bishop Edinson Edgardo Farfan Cordova speaks during a press conference, following the election of Pope Leo XIV, in Chiclayo, Peru, May 9, 2025. Thoughts on popes, old and new — and their surprises on LGBTQ issues

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