Lucia Lucas Explained

Lucia Lucas should not be confused with Lucie Lucas.

Lucia Lucas
Birth Name:Lucia Lucas
Birth Date:3 July 1980
Birth Place:Sacramento, California, U.S.
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Lucia Lucas (born July 3, 1980) is an American transgender baritone.[1] [2] On March 1, 2018, it was announced that she would become the first transgender person to perform a principal role on an American operatic stage.[3]

Biography

Lucas grew up in Sacramento, California.[4] She studied horn and voice at California State University, Sacramento and then did graduate work at the Chicago College of Performing Arts. She moved to Germany in 2009. She began her transition in November 2013. She began to take estrogen and antiandrogens in July 2014, and underwent facial feminization surgery in September. In 2016, she had gender reassignment surgery.

On May 3, 2019, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Lucas starred in Mozart's Don Giovanni with the Tulsa Opera.[5] [6] The performance is the subject of the 2020 feature documentary The Sound of Identity, directed by James Kicklighter.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11] Subsequently, Lucas became the first transgender baritone to appear with the English National Opera in London on 5 October 2019, playing Public Opinion in Orpheus in the Underworld at the London Coliseum.[12]

Lucas played Lili Elbe in the world premiere of Tobias Picker’s new opera, Lili Elbe on October 22, 2023.[13]

Personal life

Lucia Lucas married contralto Ariana Lucas in 2009.[14]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Transgender Opera Singer Makes US Debut in Don Giovanni. 2019-05-02. HuffPost. 2019-10-05.
  2. News: Lucia Lucas, the transgender female baritone who will sing at the Coliseum. Fisher. Neil. 2 October 2019. The Times. 5 October 2019.
  3. Web site: Transgender opera singer to make U.S. history — in Oklahoma. NBC News. March 2018 .
  4. Web site: 'If you have traditional puberty... the testosterone is high, the voice will drop. But there is no way to go the other way.' – RTÉ Radio 1 Highlights. radio.rte.ie. 2019-11-02.
  5. News: 'This opens doors': Trans woman to play Don Giovanni in a first for US opera. Chloe. Veltman. The Guardian . May 1, 2019. www.theguardian.com.
  6. News: Transgender Opera Singers Find Their Voices. Michael. Cooper. The New York Times. July 11, 2019.
  7. Web site: Sacramento Opera Star Lucia Lucas Pushes Industry Boundaries — and Beyond. 2019-09-15. KQED. en-us. 2019-12-29.
  8. Web site: LUCIA'S VOICE Documentary To Feature First Transgender Lead In U.S. Opera. BWW News Desk. BroadwayWorld.com. en. 2019-12-29.
  9. Web site: Lucia's Voice. Director James Kicklighter. en-US. 2019-12-29.
  10. Web site: Ferber 5/28/2021. Lawrence. Trailblazing Trans Opera Singer Takes Center Stage in "The Sound of Identity". 2021-06-16. LOGO News.
  11. Web site: Ramos. Dino-Ray. 2020-12-21. Shout! Studios To Distribute Docu 'The Sound Of Identity' Spotlighting Trans Opera Star Lucia Lucas. 2021-06-16. Deadline. en-US.
  12. News: Lucia Lucas: Making UK operatic debut at the ENO . BBC News . BBC . 5 October 2019 . 5 October 2019.
  13. Web site: Tobias Picker's opera about 'the Danish girl' trans patient Lili Elbe. Eric A. Gordon. 2024-04-29. People's World. 19 December 2023 . 2024-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20240430041117/https://peoplesworld.org/article/online-tobias-pickers-opera-about-the-danish-girl-trans-patient-lili-elbe/.
  14. Web site: Lucia Lucas Transgender Opera Singer. www.rte.ie. 2019-11-02.

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