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Rufus Wainwright Talks Us Through the Backstory and Inspiration of His Second Opera, ‘Hadrian’
The second Rufus Wainwright opera, about the gay Roman emperor Hadrian, will make its world premiere at the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto this October
Met Opera Conductor Suspended After 3 Men Accuse Him of Sexual Abuse
New York’s Met Opera said it was suspending its relationship with conductor James Levine pending an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct.
Faith No More’s Roddy Bottum Debuts Opera Based on AIDS/LifeCycle Bike Ride
Premiering as part of Brooklyn’s Experiments in Opera series, Bottum’s ‘The Ride’ follows two gay men who partake in the annual SF-to-L.A. bike ride
How Opera and Raves Gave Birth to Seattle Drag Superstar Mama Tits
She’s an international drag star now, but before she was Mama Tits, she was Brian, a big, flamboyant kid from Idaho
The Man Behind the Met Opera Terrorism Scare Is Totally Gay
Did you hear about the man who caused a scare at the New York City Metropolitan Opera House by scattering his dead mentor’s ashes? Yeah, he’s gay.
Iolanta: Tchaikovsky’s Gayest Opera or an Encoded Love Letter?
Iolanta is unlike most operas: it has a blind protagonist and a happy ending. But did Russian composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky write it as a semi-autobiography?
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