For the first time in its history, the Metropolitan Opera in New York will welcome a transgender woman for its 2021-2022 season. This is singer Lucia Lucas, and she will play the role of Bosco in the opera Billy Budd by Benjamin Britten. As France Musique recalls, the 39-year-old artist specializes in baritone roles, even if as she entrusts to the Guardian, she could change her voice to contralto, mezzo or soprano : “But how long is it what would it take and would i still be hired? "
Lucia Lucas has already played Don Giovanni by Mozart in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as well as La Walkyrie by Richard Wagner in Germany. A turning point in his career: “No mention was made of my transidentity, or the presence on stage of a baritone woman. It was simply the story as it is usually told, in traditional… and masculine costume. ” The opera Billy Budd is also known to be sung only by men, finally until now.
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