Question: And more musically: what are your dream roles with your current fFach? Do you have any expectation/desires about what might continue to develop with your voice? I realize this patron only asked what my dream roles in my current Fach were, but because I love opera I wanna share some of my favorites. Regardless […]
The past year has been a whirlwind; following my summer experiences as a member of the Glyndebourne Academy, I moved to a small German town where I’ve been doing more and more singing. When I came out as trans* and started testosterone I let go of my expectations of being a regularly working singer, but […]
I’m a small guy. I’m 5’2″ (157cm), and 135lbs (61kg). The average size for a white cisgender man is about 5’10”, and that of a woman is 5’5″. I’m small for a woman, let alone for a guy. When I identified as female, I didn’t mind as much. Society likes short women more than it does […]
I’ve recently become involved with Opera on Tap Berlin‘s production of ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann‘, which is going up on February 20/21 at the Stummfilmkino Delphi in Berlin (get tickets here). In singing the character tenor parts in the show, I’ve been able to experience a completely different kind of singing acting than I’ve experienced before. Sure, I’ve […]
I’ve been on testosterone for about 8 months now. There have been a whole host of changes that have happened to me physically, emotionally, and vocally. I won’t go into a lot of details about the first two, but here’s a breakdown of the vocal changes: Lower pitch Timbre of singing different quality Low overtones present […]
Recently I sang at a wonderful event called Opera on Tap here in Neukölln at Prachtwerk. It was the first time I had sung publicly since my recital in October, and I was terrified. I walked up to the front door of Prachtwerk, and stared from the outside in at the lighting and bar, and then […]
If you are at home and want to listen to good music and have some drinks its very easy these days to order a dial a booze delivery, often in under 1 hour you have your order done. I’ll be singing at Prachtwerk in Neukölln for Berlin’s first ever ‘Opera on Tap‘ on February 10th! […]
I identify as a lot of things. Everyone does, whether you’re queer or not, you just might not realize it. Maybe you’re pansexual, genderqueer, black, runner, Yoshi-in-Mario-Kart-no-matter-what, Atheist, whatever. They’re all identities. I identity as trans*, queer, barista, classical singer, mezzo-soprano, Midwesterner, gamer, geek, nerd, introvert, etc. Hell, I was feeling so homesick for some […]